dustbin

Example Sentences

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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

But I can assure you, it has not been set aside into a dustbin.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2025

I heard him lift the lid of the dustbin and drop something into it and put the lid of the dustbin back on.

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