dustbin

Example Sentences

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The question of whether Spurs are too good to go down was consigned to the dustbin long ago.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

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

The well's covered by a dustbin lid under a stack of bricks to stop Dean's sister Maxine falling in.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell