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Recent Examples of junkyard
The Prophet drove to the junkyard in Flintstone every afternoon for the rest of the week.
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Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The man was standing with his back to the junkyard.
—Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
The children found the mercury in a jar at a nearby junkyard.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Well, many of those objects - or fragments of them - are still there, languishing above Earth in an ever-expanding space junkyard.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The man was standing with his back to the junkyard.
—Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
The children found the mercury in a jar at a nearby junkyard.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
Noun
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Residents who live near local landfills say the wildfire debris should be sent to hazardous waste landfills instead.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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This season, however, the priority is food donation and compost to eliminate anything from back of house ending up in the landfill.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The larger the dustbin, the greater the likelihood your unit will complete cleaning your entire home before needing to be emptied.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Plus, the 470-milliliter dustbin and 350-milliliter water tank are large enough capacities that won’t require frequent emptying or refilling, making the entire cleaning process hands-free.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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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
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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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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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