compost

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Recent Examples of compost Better yet, leave them on the soil surface and cover with compost that is kept moist. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 May 2025 Aligning with Populus’ carbon positive approach, Salt Harvest is committed to turning all food waste into compost, and the menu will feature ingredients that are seasonally and responsibly sourced from small local purveyors. Michelle Gross, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 Use a large pot, 15-inch-diameter or bigger, filled with a rich potting mix amended with compost. Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025 Use it sparingly, mix it into soil or compost, and avoid leaving grounds on the surface. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for compost
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Noun
  • Given the fusion of spending and regulation in governance, regulations influence macroeconomic variables, including government revenue, and merit explicit incorporation into reconciliation in a replacement to the governing Byrd Rule.
    Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Prime’s purpose as an organization is to provide services to Elite, according to Prime’s articles of incorporation and tax filings.
    Kristen Taketa, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • This kind of integration makes the Slate 7 convenient and the advanced functionality should make for more efficient network management.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Halsey’s team was well-prepared for this level of integration, with know-how and curiosity coming from the top.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • By 2011, Jones was painting commercial acoustic panels like monochromes, suggesting visual as well as sonic absorption.
    Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Maintain healthy soil to allow for the best water absorption.
    Amelia Martin, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The authors conclude that the likelihood of this collision and merger is closer to the odds of a coin flip, with a roughly 50 percent probability that the two galaxies will avoid such an event during the next 10 billion years.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
  • Paramount is awaiting merger approval from the FCC, which is tasked with reviewing the transfer of broadcast licenses.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Red Mesa processes crude hemp oil, removing unwanted ingredients via the homogenization process before several more steps.
    Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • But homogenization usually only works under very strict assumptions.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • It is always stacked full of containers with concretions from different sites.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Love boasts no inherent magic by which these differences may be neatly expunged; each one must be resolved, or left open, in the total concretion of experience.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The result is a palpable mixture of Hollywood and British sensibilities, alternately brash and cozy-quirky, with the joins sometimes awkwardly felt.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 June 2025
  • Add the flour mixture to the sugar-egg mixture and fold in with a wooden spoon until no visible flour streaks remain—do not overmix.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Daniel Kaluuya is perhaps the only Black leading man who rivals Jordan’s mix of critical acclaim and box-office success.
    Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 2 June 2025
  • John Calipari has a good mix of size, speed and guards who can get their own buckets.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 2 June 2025

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“Compost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compost. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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