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

Mathrani said he felt "100 years of history is being relegated to the dustbin".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 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

A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann