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

There was also an upturned dustbin lid with an inch of rainwater inside, and the incomplete tea-ring stain on the cover of his Housman poems.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan