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as in trash
discarded or useless material
the stray dogs were looking for leftover food in the family's garbage
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as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
she was just talking garbage when she said that she was taking a loss on the sale of the house
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Recent Examples of garbage
Not to be the bearers of bad news, but your garbage disposal isn’t as good at disposing of garbage as the name implies.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
San Diego’s new garbage collection fees are a result of the public vote in 2022 to approve Measure B, which allows the city to charge for trash and recycling collection for the first time since the city began providing these services 100 years ago.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
The organization also sampled 25 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organic compounds that form when oil, wood or garbage burns.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Hazardous waste was being dumped into landfills along with household garbage and was often incinerated, which in turn sent the toxic materials into the atmosphere.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
San Diego’s new garbage collection fees are a result of the public vote in 2022 to approve Measure B, which allows the city to charge for trash and recycling collection for the first time since the city began providing these services 100 years ago.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
The organization also sampled 25 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organic compounds that form when oil, wood or garbage burns.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Hazardous waste was being dumped into landfills along with household garbage and was often incinerated, which in turn sent the toxic materials into the atmosphere.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garbage
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From a free boat ride in the Florida Keys that targets the trash in treasured waters, to hotels with sustainability at their core, to thrilling eco-friendly experiences, make your trip to Florida both fun and impactful.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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In those instances, give your extra set of hands a straightforward task, like taking out the trash or clearing the table.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
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But when real users interact with it, the system collapses, generating nonsense or failing to handle inputs that deviate from the demo script.—
Albert Lie,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Slapping down Putin should mean something, but that pronouncement, like everything Trump utters, is undercut by him spouting nonsense, including about a third term, which his press secretary laughed off yesterday.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The restaurant was in violation of 13 standards, including an employee preparing food with jewelry on and food debris on kitchen equipment.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Apr. 2025
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In neighboring Arkansas, a tornado near Blytheville lofted debris at least 25,000 feet high, according to weather service meteorologist Chelly Amin.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2025
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The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Other hot zones to hone in on: your junk drawer, your coffee-mug collection, and toy bins in your kid’s room.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
2 Apr. 2025
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The pictures depict a squalid living space, with junk strewn across furniture and floors throughout the home.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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Either the kids get discovered now or their dreams may turn to dust.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Exposure to silica dust can cause severe lung disease.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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American Airlines is giving Midwesterners a new way to escape the winter blahs.—
Brandon Withrow,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2025
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The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Garbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garbage. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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