ash heap
Americannoun
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ash heaps
plural
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a pile of ashes and often also other garbage; dustheap.
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a place, status, or condition characterized by disregard or neglect.
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Fitch then relegated those conditions to the ash heap of history.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2021
Another week, another unwritten rule of the game thrown on the ash heap of history.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
“Otherwise they end up on the ash heap of history,” Mr. Patton added.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2021
As they rise from their seats, ash pours from their sleeves as though they are being granted, through the miracle of theater, an opportunity to resurrect themselves from the ash heap of history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2019
He and the thousands of other specials throughout Terra, all of them moving toward the ash heap.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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