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Recent Examples of dustbin
And does a particular level of disuse have to be reached for a word to be dropped into the lexical dustbin?
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Per the manufacturer’s recommendations, remove and wash out the dustbin.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
When you’re done, simply pop open the large dustbin and empty debris directly into the trash—no tugging out tangled hair or gunk required.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Per the manufacturer’s recommendations, remove and wash out the dustbin.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
When you’re done, simply pop open the large dustbin and empty debris directly into the trash—no tugging out tangled hair or gunk required.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Emptying the dustbin was hassle-free, with clear arrow stickers showing exactly where to unlatch.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustbin
Noun
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There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop.—
Mike Sutter,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The production composted food waste, did not use plastic water bottles and other single-use items, recycled pieces of set for local schools or families instead of sending them to landfill, and ran a can-recycling program.—
MIchelle Duff,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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The site also had storage facilities, powerhouses, landfills, burning grounds and waste treatment facilities.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On summer weekends, Smorgasburg drops food vendors across Brooklyn and Manhattan — basically a feed dump waiting to happen.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Alexis Weber, 50, was arrested on Tuesday morning after taking a dump in her own front yard.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Dustbin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustbin. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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