as in to secrete
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to pass (waste matter) from the body or from an organ in the body
excrete sweat The kidneys excrete toxins.
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Recent Examples of excrete
There is also growing worry about pharmaceutical drugs that get into the water supply because humans excrete them and conventional wastewater treatment plants fail to remove them.
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ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
When sodium intake falls, the kidneys excrete excess fluid, lowering blood pressure.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2026
Njoroge's job is to help calculate the appropriate dose of a drug to give to a patient by determining how it's absorbed by the body, processed or metabolized, and excreted.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026
This is because people with kidney disease are less able to excrete excess phosphate through urine.
—Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
When sodium intake falls, the kidneys excrete excess fluid, lowering blood pressure.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2026
Njoroge's job is to help calculate the appropriate dose of a drug to give to a patient by determining how it's absorbed by the body, processed or metabolized, and excreted.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Mar. 2026
This is because people with kidney disease are less able to excrete excess phosphate through urine.
—Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2026
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Eventually, the British expelled Argentina from the islands in 1833 and established the Falklands as an official colony.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
25 Apr. 2026
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The government later broke ties with France, the former colonial power, and expelled the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which completed its withdrawal in 2023, ending a decade-long presence in the country.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Republicans in some states cannot just eliminate all those districts without spreading enough Democratic voters around to jeopardize their own incumbents.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Each robot undergoes over 80 functional tests, including stress and burn-in exercises such as squats and jogging, to eliminate early failures.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Excrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrete. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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