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
This pair of organs is responsible for filtering and excreting drugs from your body.
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Carrie Madormo, Health, 7 Apr. 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
Carrie Madormo, Health, 7 Apr. 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
Verb
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One type of polyp handles feeding, extending above the sand and secreting a mucus net to capture small prey.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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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
Verb
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The workers reported black liquid expelling into the ditch.—
Arcelia Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Their boneless design also enables unique movement — from crawling along the ocean floor to jetting through water by expelling it rapidly from their bodies.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Wanting to step up their efforts to battle an array of aquatic invaders, federal agencies have launched a $550,000 prize challenge to solicit help in eliminating the risk of the mussels spreading.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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China has looked to expand its influence across Africa and on Friday scored a soft-power win by eliminating tariffs for the whole continent — except Eswatini.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 May 2026
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One compelling hypothesis is that dark matter particles in the dense central halo are interacting with and annihilating one another, releasing energy as gamma rays.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Valdez’s agency was in damage-control mode this winter, releasing a 20-minute video that focused primarily on the pitcher’s upbringing, painting him in a personable light.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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But within seconds of being knocked back, the responding officers were back up, checking on each other and evacuating stunned residents — including several children — from the rubble of the home, the video shows.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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And unlike dogs or cats, evacuating wild animals is not straightforward.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Excreting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excreting. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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