detritus
Example Sentences
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Again, how much of that detritus exists, and how essential is it to the story of the band or the album?
From Salon
It is the place where the detritus of our children’s accomplishments has settled.
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
