garbage

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Recent Examples of garbage But also, increasingly, in marine food chains and immense garbage patches in the oceans. Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 In one neighborhood, garbage sacks were set ablaze. Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025 Returned trash to its rightful owner—several people admitted to throwing garbage (or even dog poop) back into their neighbor's yard after it had been dumped in theirs. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 Mountains of garbage are said to be visible from space and people have complained of seeing rats as big as cats in the refuse. Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for garbage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garbage
Noun
  • Because of their risk of catching fire, lithium-ion batteries cannot be thrown out in the trash, curbside bins, or even battery recycling boxes.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Fruit flies will also target places where food is disposed of, like your trash bins or drains.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse.
    Bob Ras, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those headed to Asheville can help with debris removal and rebuilding projects through All Hands and Hearts and the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, while Los Angeles visitors can volunteer with L.A. Works to repair homes, assemble food packages and organize clothes for survivors.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Associated Press video showed the hospital’s caved-in roof surrounded by debris.
    Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As a result of these reentries, however, the amount of space junk burning up in the upper layers of the atmosphere is increasing, which worries some atmospheric scientists.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?
    Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Inhaled silica dust particles travel down airways and into the smallest spaces of the lung, causing scarring and eventually difficulty breathing, often becoming so severe that a lung transplant might be the only solution to avoid death.
    Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • While a low-pressure system expected over the weekend may reduce ozone formation, the system is also forecast to bring stronger winds that could increase airborne dust levels.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Living Better From blah to buoyant, these skills can improve your mood and optimism Why aim towards the ear?
    Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
  • American Airlines is giving Midwesterners a new way to escape the winter blahs.
    Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2025

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“Garbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garbage. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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