dustbin of history

Meanings

noun

Synonym of trash heap of history.
Soon, the old scientific method – hypothesise, predict, test – would be relegated to the dustbin of history.
2022 January 9, Laura Spinney, “Are we witnessing the dawn of post-theory science?”, in The Guardian
Synonyms: trash heap of history

nounSynonym of trash heap of history.

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