as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
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Recent Examples of excrement
The evil entertainer has yet to force-feed or directly torture any of his unwitting audience members with excrement.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
In fact, some seventeenth-century writers even used the word excrement to describe human hair.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
At the same time, harvested switchgrass is being adopted as a booster in novel processes to turn chicken litter — excrement and bedding left as byproducts of poultry production — into biofuel.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Nutrients can come in different forms, including over-fertilizing your garden or lawn or excrement from fish.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
In fact, some seventeenth-century writers even used the word excrement to describe human hair.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
At the same time, harvested switchgrass is being adopted as a booster in novel processes to turn chicken litter — excrement and bedding left as byproducts of poultry production — into biofuel.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Nutrients can come in different forms, including over-fertilizing your garden or lawn or excrement from fish.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
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And like the wildebeest, bison dung packs a nutritional punch when deposited across the landscape.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
29 Aug. 2025
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Decades before Colorado’s best singers, dancers and actors graced the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver, workers pushed brooms across the stage to clean up elephant dung, rodeo sawdust, and blood spatters from boxing matches.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
28 Aug. 2025
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Qatar denounces ‘cowardly’ Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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What Mill does is preserve food as a resource, keeping nutrients intact so they can be used to feed soil or farms.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Together Skelly and O’Steen buried Grimes, whom police would find covered by blankets, tarps and dirt, the defendant told the jury.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vacuum to remove any remaining dirt that may be trapped in the rug’s fibers.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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