junkyard

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Recent Examples of junkyard The great bikes of that all-analog era seemed to slowly fade away into collections - or junkyards. William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 Behind the gates of his Los Angeles junkyard, protected by steel fencing and razor wire, German immigrant and businessman Rudi Klein spent 40 years amassing an incredible array of rare European classic cars. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2024 There are parts of Usher’s bubble-gum dystopia that help Mystery Men still feel novel 22 years after release, like the villainous goons obsessed with disco, Tom Waits’s junkyard of nonlethal inventions, and Michael Bay playing a decent human being. Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024 After Klein died in 2001, the junkyard was taken over by his two sons who maintained the same level of secrecy. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for junkyard 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
  • And the Leather and Hide Council of America estimates that one metric ton of hides in a landfill generates more than 13 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
    Jennifer Bringle, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Thousands of unwanted gifts end up in the landfill each year, adding up to more than 5 billion pounds of holiday waste.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The long battery life, large dustbin, laser technology, no-tangle brush roller, and ample attachments make this a solid investment.
    Madison Yauger, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Although the bones of fish, cattle, sheep and pig were pulled out of the middens (halos of garbage dumped from the huts above), there was no evidence of human casualties.
    Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.
    Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • 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
Noun
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
  • 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 17 Dec. 2024.

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