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 piercing doesn't necessarily damage the trees, but their excrement, which is high in sugar, stains the trees and blocks photosynthesis, which eventually suffocates the trees, the researchers said.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
By examining the whales' excrement, the scientists who work with Eba can try to identify ways for the orcas to rebound.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
The disposal of human excrement is not a new issue.
—NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
There are some large, black ravens, two nesting macaws shielded from view, and four pairs of African greys in cages, their floors coated with excrement.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
By examining the whales' excrement, the scientists who work with Eba can try to identify ways for the orcas to rebound.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
The disposal of human excrement is not a new issue.
—NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
There are some large, black ravens, two nesting macaws shielded from view, and four pairs of African greys in cages, their floors coated with excrement.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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The streets are begrimed by factory smoke, fecund with horse dung and lit by lanterns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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When Fritz competes on home soil, his tennis often blooms.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Ford spent decades dumping hazardous waste, including paints, solvents, heavy metals, construction rubble and contaminated soil on the river floodplain into the 1960s, none of which was addressed when soils at Highland Bridge were cleaned to residential standards.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Donaldson said that pile of dirt had been there for at least a week.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Winter storms stripped away sand and dirt from the bluffs in Kings Park.—
John Dias,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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