as in debris
discarded or useless material
much of the material in the file cabinets is just deadwood
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Recent Examples of deadwood
The shears can cut everything from delicate stems to tough branches or deadwood.
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Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
Clearing the deadwood Before leaving for Bed Bath & Beyond, Tritton had been enjoying a stellar run at Target as the discount giant’s chief merchant.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
The plant in Los Angeles has a daily capacity of 24 tons of construction wood waste, deadwood, and agricultural detritus, and will produce 1,000 kg of hydrogen (at a very low price point of around $2 / kg) or 10 million BTU of renewable biogas, and 6 tons of solid carbon char every day.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 2 May 2022
While Rambo kneeled amid the deadwood, pulling security, Herring stepped out from under the canopy, draping a poncho over his head to hide the glow of his controller’s monitor.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
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Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
Clearing the deadwood Before leaving for Bed Bath & Beyond, Tritton had been enjoying a stellar run at Target as the discount giant’s chief merchant.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
The plant in Los Angeles has a daily capacity of 24 tons of construction wood waste, deadwood, and agricultural detritus, and will produce 1,000 kg of hydrogen (at a very low price point of around $2 / kg) or 10 million BTU of renewable biogas, and 6 tons of solid carbon char every day.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 2 May 2022
While Rambo kneeled amid the deadwood, pulling security, Herring stepped out from under the canopy, draping a poncho over his head to hide the glow of his controller’s monitor.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadwood
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Inspectors noted that dish racks had deteriorated with significant debris buildup.Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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For example, the speck-on-a-map village of Brienz in the Swiss Alps, east of Mont Blanc, finds itself in the path of a disintegrating mountainside consisting of 42 million cubic feet of debris.Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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When a garbage man showed up this week, Ms. deVicariis was overjoyed after days of cleaning up vegetation.Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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The 55-year-old super’s body was found hidden under Navarro’s bed wrapped in clothing and two garbage bags, one covering his top half, the other covering his lower half.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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In the city center and suburbs of Maputo, mountains of rubbish were piling up.Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Not this current rubbish that has been served up and charged at Michelin star rates.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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The broken furniture, old clothing, drug paraphernalia and stacks of lottery tickets inside would eventually become 22 truckloads of trash.ProPublica, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
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Nothing forced him to talk a little trash before the last game.Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Skip the junk and level up to the Casabrews 5700PRO (7/10, WIRED Review), which offers an unfussy take on the art of homemade espresso drinks.Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Or is junk journaling, and whatever crafting trends come next, just internet consumption with a different face?CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
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Other instruments will collect and study samples of moon dust (or regolith), measure the radiation environment on the lunar surface, and even study the electrical conductivity of the interior of the moon.Brett Tingley, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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The OnePlus 13 is rated IP68 and IP69 for dust and water resistance.Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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We have long been treated like the runt of the litter, distancing ourselves from politics and known for having low voter turnouts.Gil Rebollar, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Expand All Large shards of fiberglass debris litter the bay bottom just outside channel Marker 15 along Cutter Bank at the southern edge of Biscayne Bay — another possible indicator of the moments leading up to a fatal Labor Day weekend boat crash.David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Deadwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadwood. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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