as in secreting
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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 excreting
Additionally, people with kidney disease may have difficulty excreting extra magnesium and shouldn’t take supplemental magnesium unless recommended and monitored by a healthcare provider.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 10 Mar. 2026
This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
In fact, the birds let loose with the feces every four to ten minutes while in flight, excreting roughly 5 percent of their body mass every hour.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
Jillian Kubala, Health, 10 Mar. 2026
This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
In fact, the birds let loose with the feces every four to ten minutes while in flight, excreting roughly 5 percent of their body mass every hour.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excreting
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Demodex brevis lives on the oil-secreting glands along the eyelids (the meibomian glands), while Demodex folliculorum resides in the lash follicles.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the arsenal was only the latest example of his infatuation with secreting away weaponry.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Iranian embassy in the national capital Canberra remains staffed, despite the Australian government expelling the ambassador last year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The more stars a galaxy forms, the stronger its matter-expelling effects become, leaving less and less material available for future star-formation episodes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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Trump signed an executive order last year to overhaul elections, including eliminating grace periods for mailed ballots received after Election Day.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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However, a binding agreement hammered out with residents more than 20 years ago limits building heights, which would prevent them from adding two stories at Anderson Parking without eliminating the building’s rooftop observatory.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2026
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But for weeks, Campbell’s office has cited a range of exemptions in state law as justification for not releasing records about the grand jury’s activities to news outlets, including the Herald/Times.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Instead of releasing emissions into the atmosphere, the plant captures biogenic CO2 produced during waste processing.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Mar. 2026
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Crews said nine people were inside the home at the time of the fire, with six evacuating themselves.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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People evacuating should head toward San Luis.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Excreting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excreting. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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