Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "recycling"
Search instead for dampfrecyclings.
Definitions

recycling

[ree-sahyk-ling] / riˈsaɪk lɪŋ /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It now has just one weekly collection thanks to increased recycling, including food waste, which was their biggest adaptation, following the introduction of the Welsh government's Workplace Recycling Law in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Although Wales' workplace recycling rates are "reasonably high", said consultant Rebecca Colley-Jones, "there's lots of room for improvement".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But, in an example of creative recycling, when she asked her painter if he’d like the set, he was delighted to take it away and did.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Modern enthusiasm for recycling was turbocharged by the 1970s panic that the world was running out of resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

In our town, trash is separated, with blue cans for recycling and green for anything from the yard.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

I mostly listen, relaxing after the day’s exertions, pinching myself at the wondrously weird subcultures of this underland, reflecting on the bizarre cultural recyclings that it calls out.

From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019

I have no objection to its repeats and recyclings; long years of exposure to minimalism in music and dance have given many of us an appetite for this.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2016

Perhaps the heroes are too familiar: both of this month’s Marvel offerings, Spider-Man and X-Men, are recast recyclings of popular series that concluded a mere seven and eight years ago.

From Time ● May 27, 2014

These recyclings and post-modern experiments run the gamut in quality.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2010

Mulch was not one bit surprised that his recyclings had managed to hurl the elephantine Mud Man several yards through the air.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




Vocabulary lists containing recycling


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training