compost
Example Sentences
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Not only dreams but broken dreams — the compost that can happen when you digest broken dreams.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Patrick mows the grass in the garden and puts the cuttings on the compost heap.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Microbes break down everything but bones, which are ground into the final compost mix.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Stewart opted out of the burial/cremation dichotomy, saying she wanted to become compost.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025
And some of the trees are made into woodchips that go into the farm compost.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
