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Recent Examples of transfer station
Lunar Gateway was designed to serve as both a research platform and a transfer station that astronauts would use to board the moon landers before descending to the lunar surface.
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Reuters, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
The two victims told police a car drove up to the bus transfer station on East Lancaster Avenue and someone in the car fired shots, police said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2026
The jury saw photos of the search, which was conducted at a trash transfer station in Peabody, Massachusetts.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
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Reuters, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Instead, take them to a landfill or your local waste transfer station.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
The two victims told police a car drove up to the bus transfer station on East Lancaster Avenue and someone in the car fired shots, police said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2026
The jury saw photos of the search, which was conducted at a trash transfer station in Peabody, Massachusetts.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer station
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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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Crews are seen pouring water on a massive junkyard fire in Opa-locka on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.—
Marybel Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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About 125 people in apartments east of the junkyard were evacuated.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Strong suction and a rolling brush effectively scoop up dirt, crumbs, and debris from the floors before returning to the base to empty into the 3-liter dustbin.—
Cierra Cowan,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2026
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And CDs are in the dustbin of history.—
Marc Silver,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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Eco effort The hotel is marching along a path to zero-landfill waste, helped in part by reductions in single-use plastics and paper materials, plus a swift recycling program.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The pioneering project at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is working to create environmentally friendly alternatives to concrete and epoxy while also reducing the waste going into landfills.—
Marcella Baietto,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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Now, researchers plan to extend their investigations to nearby early settlement sites to determine if Culasawani is a midden or muddle.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Transfer station.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfer%20station. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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