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
Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Dark spots about the size of an asterisk which are bed bug excrement and may bleed on fabric like a marker.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Roach excrement and roach corpses on walls and employees not knowing when or how to wash their hands were among the reasons a popular West Miami-Dade Japanese restaurant failed inspection Wednesday.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
The engineers also found trash, drug paraphernalia and human excrement due to encampments on the property, according to a copy of Terracon’s Limited Site Investigation Report obtained by The Denver Post through a Colorado Open Records Act request.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Dark spots about the size of an asterisk which are bed bug excrement and may bleed on fabric like a marker.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Roach excrement and roach corpses on walls and employees not knowing when or how to wash their hands were among the reasons a popular West Miami-Dade Japanese restaurant failed inspection Wednesday.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
The engineers also found trash, drug paraphernalia and human excrement due to encampments on the property, according to a copy of Terracon’s Limited Site Investigation Report obtained by The Denver Post through a Colorado Open Records Act request.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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Rodents left dung pieces in the bun storage area (over 25); dry storage shelves (over 10); the front counter cabinet where the soda machine equipment is (over 10); and behind the air conditioning unit on the second floor (over 20).—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Or that tossed off, scrapped, relegated to the dung heap of failed work, the unconscious keeps turning and turning the deep images and obsessions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Chestnut trees hold soil, resist erosion, and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.—
Todd Plummer,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
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Plant the bulbs in rich, well-draining, slightly acidic soil in a garden space that gets full sun.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The best deal on the list belongs to this small but mighty handheld vacuum cleaner that can snatch up pet fur, dust, dirt, and more debris from furniture in a flash.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Fall and winter are perfect seasons for kicking up some red dirt.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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