dustbin

Example Sentences

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The question of whether Spurs are too good to go down was consigned to the dustbin long ago.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

But those primarily interested in dividend income shouldn’t toss them in the dustbin just yet.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The broadcast network triopoly went into the dustbin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

In the same opinion, the court more or less threw a 90-year-old precedent into the dustbin of history and never explained why.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

So I grabbed Toby’s cage and went round the side of Mrs. Shears’s house and sat down behind the dustbin so they couldn’t see me.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon