compost

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Recent Examples of compost Use homemade or local compost, manures or commercial garden soil to improve sandy soils. 29. Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025 His ideal mix for vegetables is a combination of topsoil, compost, and lava fines, which help oxygenate the soil. Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2025 Place the weeds in a plastic bag and leave it in the sun to kill seeds before adding the contents to your compost pile. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025 Nun’s orchids can also grow in the ground when the planting site is greatly improved with organic matter such as compost, peat moss and manure. Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for compost
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Noun
  • Its biggest revamp in years is credited to the incorporation of AI. —Amazon goes back to basics.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 July 2025
  • Extra landscape and grading work, upgraded crossings at Broadway and Lincoln Street, and the incorporation of artwork by Colorado artists will make up the remainder of costs, said Danielle Oliveto, Polis’ deputy chief of staff and the office’s lead on the project.
    Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • In my experience, one of the most common barriers is integration confusion.
    Alaa Pasha, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, the economic integration with China in the region remains.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • It’s made from ethylene vinyl acetate (sometimes called EVA), which is a plush foam material that molds to the shape of your foot over time, providing support, comfort, and shock absorption in the process.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • But curiosity also connects to absorption and sensation seeking.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The deal ends up being halted at the last minute after Alex presents a merger between UBA and rival network NBN to the board and confronts Paul over his shady practices.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • After a decade of merger fever, media companies no longer believe that bigger is always better.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • And everywhere, the result is the same: homogenization.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Naturally, intangibles would be part of the company's actual worth., including brand and intellectual property, certification and homogenization, relationships with dealers and distribution, presence in the market, possibility of a resurgence given funding.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2025
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
  • This powdered drink mixture comes in cherry and berry, and both flavors are super tasty, similar to something like a less flavorful Gatorade, or maybe more like a Vitaminwater.
    WIRED, Wired News, 10 July 2025
  • While the Bisquick mixture is naturally slightly sweet, ample light brown sugar adds some true depth of sweetness with caramel and molasses notes.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • In the 2025 World's Best Awards, Travel + Leisure readers showed that D.C.'s best accommodations are an ideal mix of old-school landmark hotels and newcomers ready to bring us into the future.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • So for us, the Little Rock Zoo was the perfect mix of audience and education.
    Harley Walls, arkansasonline.com, 8 July 2025

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“Compost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compost. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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