detritus
Example Sentences
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The pair said they were worried about the potential fire hazard caused by the rubbish, with the detritus outside the property including soft furnishings and abandoned gas canisters.
From BBC
On that LP, he explored the aesthetic surfaces of advertising, sampling fragments of jingles and other sonic detritus and arranging them into haunting new shapes.
Until recently, antimony, which is often found in gold mines, was treated as detritus by gold miners.
Like many people, my garage and closets are littered with the detritus of modern life—from stacks of paperbacks and fancy china to a fussy tea maker, still swaddled in its box.
Bulldozers are clearing roads, shovelling the detritus of war into waiting trucks.
From BBC
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