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 Mount Everest climbers now have to take their poop away with them, as human excrement has become a big problem on the world’s highest peak. Cnn, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024 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 Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus. Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025 My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement. Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for excrement
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Noun
  • When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 1 July 2025
  • Rodent dung found on pet food shelves at a Fort Lauderdale Family Dollar 951 Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Inspector Timothy O’Neil slapped a Stop-Use Order on the pet food aisle of the Fort Lauderdale store at 951 Sunrise Blvd.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
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  • The victory continues England’s success at major international tournaments, with this marking the team’s third final in a row; the Lionesses won the Women’s Euros on home soil in 2022 and lost to Spain in the World Cup final in 2023.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
  • The book deftly expresses both grief for all of the violence perpetrated on American soil and a profound love for all of the beings that inhabit this continent.
    The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • But after Freddie Freeman worked a four-pitch walk, Smith pounded a first-pitch sinker into the dirt.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • This can protect the glass from scrapes, dirt, excess moisture, and other harmful factors.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025

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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

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