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
Dogs like to catch them in their mouths, and the toad excretes the poison into dog's mouth.
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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
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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The extra fat tissue secretes more estrogen in the body, which can help cancer cells grow and multiply.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Heat would avoid that payment, and subsequent regular payments, only if Silver voids his contract and expels him from the league.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Carrie’s holiday is filled with a revolving door of haughty art dealers and Gen Z queerdos, one of whom clogs the toilet and expels a sea of brown that Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is forced to clean up.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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The act eliminates the Grad PLUS loan program, imposes strict caps on Parent PLUS loans, dissolves multiple existing repayment plans, and introduces a single Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) set to launch in July 2026.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hu detailed multiple safeguards, noting the reactor operates at atmospheric pressure, which eliminates the risk of an explosive pressure build-up.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Oxygen emits either a greenish-yellow light (the most familiar color of the aurora) or a red light; nitrogen generally gives off a blue light.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Once in landfills or wastewater treatment plants, that waste breaks down and emits greenhouse gases.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Excretes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excretes. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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