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

Straight to the dustbin of history, one of many macho mistakes in a decade full of them.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Mark Casto, 67, from Ditchingham, Norfolk - known as Dalek man - recycles everything from Christmas baubles to dustbin lids to create the life-size villains.

From BBC • May 30, 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