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Recent Examples of midden
The restroom is around the corner, reached by walking past the mosquito-breeding experiment that is a midden of old tires.
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
Additional evidence, like shell middens that bore evidence of having been eroded by strong currents, hinted at a potential paleotsunami.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
Faith, Chase and Quick sampled middens near Boomplaas Cave last September and received the first radiocarbon dates from the samples earlier this year.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
On the Farasan Islands, the research team working with Geoff Bailey examines the interior of a shell midden after digging a narrow trench into it.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2019
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
Additional evidence, like shell middens that bore evidence of having been eroded by strong currents, hinted at a potential paleotsunami.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
Faith, Chase and Quick sampled middens near Boomplaas Cave last September and received the first radiocarbon dates from the samples earlier this year.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
On the Farasan Islands, the research team working with Geoff Bailey examines the interior of a shell midden after digging a narrow trench into it.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midden
Noun
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Its base station can wash, dry, remove or reattach the mop pads as needed, and empty the robot's dustbin.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PCMAG,
11 Jan. 2025
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Plus, the operation is fairly quiet and the self-cleaning mop and dustbin features limit maintenance on your part.—
Katherine Alex Beaven,
Peoplemag,
19 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The contracts also hold farmers responsible for disposing of the hundreds of tons of manure that a typical poultry farm produces each year, along with the thousands of birds that die before they can be harvested.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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However, the protest did not fully go as planned, as most of the manure remained frozen in the truck bed due to freezing temperatures.—
Gabe Whisnant,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Whether the app lives on or gets sent to the social media junkyard will be known sooner rather than later, with a ruling likely before Jan. 19.—
Kaelan Deese,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Jan. 2025
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The video features Drake in a celebratory mood, rocking all his famous jewelry while the same model van from the cover of Kendrick’s Good Kid, Mad City gets taken to a junkyard and demolished.—
Rob Marriott,
VIBE.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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The poop, or guano, of infected birds is teeming with viruses.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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The guano in their colonies must smell pleasant, comforting, rather than the barnyard stink that hit my own nose.—
Blair Braverman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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This method repurposes unused stock that would otherwise end up in a landfill.—
John F. McQuillan,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Roseville Police Chief Mitch Berlin said officials concentrated their search on about six to seven acres within the landfill, per the publication.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
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With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.—
Brian Otieno,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Housekeepers, too, have had to deal with pet excrements.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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That would allow those troops to be used in civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil.—
Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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These changes allow the growers to improve farm efficiency, soil health and access to premium markets, leading to environmental and economic progress.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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