as in secreted
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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 excreted
Pedersen says that the museum contacted a scent fabricator, who recommended that the best way to mimic the droppings of this large, plant-eating beast would be to use the scent excreted by a non-extinct, similarly large vegetarian.
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Rj MacKenzie,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
Mice given the probiotic strain also excreted twice as many nanoplastics in their feces as mice that did not receive the bacteria.
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Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
9 June 2026
That metabolite is then excreted in urine, enters sewage systems, passes through wastewater treatment plants and, eventually, makes its way back into local rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
On top of predicting which PFAS will accumulate in the body and which will be excreted, researchers also have to contend with a person’s metabolism, the process by which chemicals – including some PFAS – are biologically transformed by the body.
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Carrie McDonough,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Hantaviruses, a family of pathogens, are spread by rodents, mostly mice, and excreted in the animals’ saliva, droppings and urine.
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Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 May 2026
Your digestive microbiome acts as a gatekeeper in deciding what are nutrients to be absorbed and what are toxins to be excreted, Choden said.
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Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
The species were hunted to extinction in the area in the 16th century, driven by a demand for their fur, meat and castoreum, which is a chemical excreted from a gland at the base of their tails that was used for food flavoring, as well as the perfume industry, per the outlet.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 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.
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Ari Daniel,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
Rj MacKenzie,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
Mice given the probiotic strain also excreted twice as many nanoplastics in their feces as mice that did not receive the bacteria.
—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
9 June 2026
That metabolite is then excreted in urine, enters sewage systems, passes through wastewater treatment plants and, eventually, makes its way back into local rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
On top of predicting which PFAS will accumulate in the body and which will be excreted, researchers also have to contend with a person’s metabolism, the process by which chemicals – including some PFAS – are biologically transformed by the body.
—
Carrie McDonough,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Hantaviruses, a family of pathogens, are spread by rodents, mostly mice, and excreted in the animals’ saliva, droppings and urine.
—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 May 2026
Your digestive microbiome acts as a gatekeeper in deciding what are nutrients to be absorbed and what are toxins to be excreted, Choden said.
—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
The species were hunted to extinction in the area in the 16th century, driven by a demand for their fur, meat and castoreum, which is a chemical excreted from a gland at the base of their tails that was used for food flavoring, as well as the perfume industry, per the outlet.
—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excreted
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Or, to put it in terms the Patriots understood, roughly 200,000 musket balls of metal were secreted away.
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Queens are raised eating royal jelly secreted from the glands of worker bees and scientists have long believed diet was the main key to making a monarch.
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In such a system, outside air comes into direct contact with components exposed to the reactor’s intense radiation environment before being expelled as exhaust.
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However, Italy released him on a technicality, after which he was expelled to Libya, which outraged human rights groups and prompted the ICC to open an inquiry into why Italy released him instead of sending him to The Hague.
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As part of the overall budget negotiations, lawmakers agreed to delay some healthcare cuts that would have required monthly premiums for immigrants and eliminated dental care.
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From Sunday school to public school In recent years, Texas leaders have broadly eliminated studies of racial and cultural diversity while expanding the schools’ abilities to introduce Christianity to students.
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In October 2025 Anthropic launched Claude for Life Sciences, the first time that the company released a product for a specific vertical market.
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Then last week, the agency released a more in-depth analysis of 2024 infant mortality data, offering details not yet available for 2025.
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