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Recent Examples of junkyard
An Army veteran who worked at a junkyard and later as a hospital janitor, Yenner used to toss a football around the backyard with Moore and her brothers and take them on long day trips through the countryside.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
The Prophet drove to the junkyard in Flintstone every afternoon for the rest of the week.
—Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The man was standing with his back to the junkyard.
—Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
The Prophet drove to the junkyard in Flintstone every afternoon for the rest of the week.
—Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The man was standing with his back to the junkyard.
—Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Doing that can reduce methane emissions from rotting garbage in landfills, which can worsen climate change.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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But an update to the release indicates town officials aren’t certain a landfill is off the table.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To which some will reply that Tether and bitcoin are poised to throw the dollar into history’s proverbial dustbin.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Dustbin capacity Most robot vacuums have a much smaller dustbin capacity than a traditional vacuum.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
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Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.—
By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji ,
TIME,
3 July 2024
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Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.—
Justine Calma,
The Verge,
3 Feb. 2024
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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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