as in dump
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill
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Recent Examples of landfill
Why does this landfill matter to residents of the five boroughs?
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Yvonne Taylor, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Diverting waste from landfills, and finding ways to use waste as an input, should therefore be less prone to the vicissitudes of party politics.
—Rob Day, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Residents who live near local landfills say the wildfire debris should be sent to hazardous waste landfills instead.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
This season, however, the priority is food donation and compost to eliminate anything from back of house ending up in the landfill.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Yvonne Taylor, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
Diverting waste from landfills, and finding ways to use waste as an input, should therefore be less prone to the vicissitudes of party politics.
—Rob Day, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Residents who live near local landfills say the wildfire debris should be sent to hazardous waste landfills instead.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
This season, however, the priority is food donation and compost to eliminate anything from back of house ending up in the landfill.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for landfill
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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