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

Some people call them nature's dustbin collectors, they're really good indicators of what's happening in the ecosystems where they live.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Then it rescued the Federal Reserve from the dustbin of history and poorly explained why, though its explanation doesn’t really hold.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann