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, 12 Nov. 2025
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, 12 Nov. 2025
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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Organoids that actually work The team also demonstrated endodermal differentiation by producing insulin-secreting islet organoids.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Jan. 2026
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The virus targets the mammary gland's milk-secreting epithelial cells, causing painful infections in the udder.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
3 Nov. 2025
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Israel retaliated by expelling South Africa’s senior diplomat, escalating tensions already strained by South Africa’s genocide accusations against Israel over the Gaza war.—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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The challenge is confirming biological activity while eliminating non-biologic explanations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Spencer Jones was out with a concussion, eliminating the immediacy of Denver’s plan to convert his two-way contract and give him a roster spot.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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Wild animals had gnawed through the pressurized canisters, releasing the chemicals inside.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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More than a week after Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing from her Arizona home in a possible kidnapping, law enforcement brought a man in for questioning before releasing him.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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School officials started evacuating students Friday morning while law enforcement secured the area.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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Workers were in the process of evacuating the building.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Excreting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excreting. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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