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Recent Examples of scrap heap
The American Medical Association agrees that Daylight Saving Time belongs on the cultural scrap heap.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis rescued the former Royal Canadian Navy support boat from the scrap heap for $34,000 after World War II and spent $4 million (now about $50 million) transforming the military vessel into a statement of postwar opulence.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Breaking Bad Cast on Lack of F-Bombs on the Show — and How There Could've Been More
Rather than ending up on the scrap heap, Saul quickly became an integral part of Breaking Bad.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Winners were repeated at sister parks and losers were relegated to the scrap heap of history.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis rescued the former Royal Canadian Navy support boat from the scrap heap for $34,000 after World War II and spent $4 million (now about $50 million) transforming the military vessel into a statement of postwar opulence.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
Breaking Bad Cast on Lack of F-Bombs on the Show — and How There Could've Been More
Rather than ending up on the scrap heap, Saul quickly became an integral part of Breaking Bad.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Winners were repeated at sister parks and losers were relegated to the scrap heap of history.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrap heap
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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How '9-1-1' moves on after Bobby's death: Tears, anger, and surprise returns Angela Bassett thought her '9-1-1' character would be killed off In the laundry room, Athena finds Donnie and Graham trapped under rubble.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Neighbor Derek Keating ran into the home and attempted to rescue his neighbor, who was trapped under the rubble as gas was leaking.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
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And while space debris and meteoroids of comparable mass burn up in our atmosphere almost every day, this piece of manufactured orbital detritus is unique.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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But if there isn’t enough kelp detritus to go around, urchins can start feeding on the living kelp itself.—
Byrd Pinkerton,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
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As all this unfolds and the U.S. legal system lumbers toward a final verdict, one thing is clear: the White House needs to get a real trade strategy, and fast.—
Ryan Hass,
Time,
30 May 2025
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About 6% of the lumber produced at his facility comes from trees that fell during natural disasters.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Beige embroidery on indigo and acid washes with embroidery nod to the ongoing country and vintage trends.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
28 May 2025
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The ingredients of this cocktail include: overripe berries, green apples, vanilla, a coconut-oil wash, a CO2 injection, an ice column, and no alcohol.—
Adam Erace,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2025
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The testing efforts are part of a proactive sewage monitoring project between SacSewer and Stanford University checking for various viral markers.—
Rebecca-Ann Jattan,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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The report never even mentioned California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has refused to ask the federal government to declare the sewage onslaught to be a national emergency despite being unanimously urged to do so by the state Legislature.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrap%20heap. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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