compost

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Recent Examples of compost Listen to this article Two and a half years after the vast majority of Denver voters approved an initiative requiring apartment buildings and restaurants to recycle and compost more of their waste, the city’s implementation of that mandate has hit another snag. Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 May 2025 Incorporating compost will also assist in optimizing soil structure. Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025 If the soil is compacted or poorly drained, consider amending it with compost or sand to improve structure and drainage. Debbie Wolfe, Popular Science, 8 May 2025 Cooper advises enriching the soil with organic matter, like compost or aged manure, to get the right balance of nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Heather Bien, Southern Living, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for compost
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Noun
  • Some businesses have begun to move their incorporation to states like Nevada or Texas.
    Olivia Roach, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • With the incorporation of Starbase, the area now has a city council, mayor and commissioners.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Critically, the local infrastructure itself—the availability of skills, the readiness of suppliers—must be robust enough to support these integration ambitions.
    Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • The integration of Rieter’s spinning system includes 20 G 38 ring spinning machines running at spindle speeds between 12,000 and 18,000 rpm and the Autoconer X6 winding machine.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Beta-glucan blocks cholesterol absorption in the digestive tract and increases its excretion through the stool, which helps lower cholesterol levels.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 20 May 2025
  • The time of day or taking it with food does not affect biotin absorption, but may be a consideration for other nutrients in combination supplements.
    Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The merger will require approval from the Higher Learning Commission — which could take several months — and the system and college will work together to meet state and federal regulatory requirements, with a goal of completing the deal in time for the fall 2026 semester.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2025
  • This is especially true with Mars charging up your intimate eighth house of mergers and emotional bonds, while in harmony with Venus in your fourth house of innermost feelings.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Armstrong, however, saw a beauty and potential in homogenization that others didn’t.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2025
  • In real estate, where location, history, and culture are paramount, this homogenization could erode the richness that makes each property and market unique.
    Ali Hoss, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • It is always stacked full of containers with concretions from different sites.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Love boasts no inherent magic by which these differences may be neatly expunged; each one must be resolved, or left open, in the total concretion of experience.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Early one morning, Jake Weir went to town to see about a mixture of grains for his horses.
    Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
  • Flip nectarines, and brush tops with reserved honey mixture.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Parton, who has partnered with Conagra Brands before, also has a line of baking mixes and frostings with Duncan Hines.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The Mariners, Rangers and Diamondbacks should be among the teams in the mix for his services in the offseason.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 21 May 2025

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