as in secretes
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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 excretes
To protect itself, the snail excretes the sulfur, which mixes with iron in the vent water.
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Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Dogs like to catch them in their mouths, and the toad excretes the poison into dog's mouth.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Your body does not store the excessive biotin and excretes it in the urine.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Dogs like to catch them in their mouths, and the toad excretes the poison into dog's mouth.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Your body does not store the excessive biotin and excretes it in the urine.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excretes
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Normal weight on the outside, visceral fat within —which secretes inflammatory compounds silently destroying arteries.—
Aditi Kantipuly,
STAT,
17 Mar. 2026
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The pancreas secretes insulin after a meal to lower blood sugar levels.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
19 Jan. 2026
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Sneezing forcefully expels mucus and airborne debris; reflexive blinking may help shield the eyes from contaminants moving upward across the face.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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This is the palette of the machine-made, that which is inhuman, and Duchamp would drive the point home in Coffee Mill (1911), a tiny painting of a grinder that expels a cascade of brown beans.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The tool eliminates the need for traditional public health data reports and fact sheets, which are limited to specific time periods and health categories.—
Velvet Wu
June 5,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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That’s in contrast to local elections, where garnering a majority vote in a primary marks an outright win and eliminates the holding of a general election.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Brith, filled with a sudden dread, stands very still, watching it, and the dog, sensing something, emits a low growl.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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In order to discourage agents from using jqwik there is a change to what jqwik emits at runtime.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
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“Excretes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excretes. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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