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
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.
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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
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
Exposure to the mammal’s excrement can cause illness that includes flu-like symptoms.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
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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
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
Exposure to the mammal’s excrement can cause illness that includes flu-like symptoms.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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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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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Israel has been engaged in a war with Gaza since a deadly 2023 terrorist attack on Israeli soil, which has seen ballistic missiles and rockets fired at the country.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Monday’s special Labor Day card features two $100,000, dirt stakes races — the one-mile Tranquility Lakes for older fillies and mares and the Generous Portion, a 5½-furlong sprint for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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Tips For Cleaning Tile Floors Sweep or vacuum tile floors a few times a week to get rid of loose dirt and debris that can damage the finish.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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