as in soil
solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants
a bag of cow manure
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Recent Examples of manure
Consider tilling compost or composted manure into the planting bed.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
But horse manure happens, y'all.
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
An eastern Iowa dairy has agreed to pay more than $38,000 in a consent order with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a March 2025 manure spill that killed more than 126,000 fish.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 10 Feb. 2026
Keep the plant three or more feet from the home and prepare the ground with compost, peat moss or manure.
—Tom MacKlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
But horse manure happens, y'all.
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
An eastern Iowa dairy has agreed to pay more than $38,000 in a consent order with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a March 2025 manure spill that killed more than 126,000 fish.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 10 Feb. 2026
Keep the plant three or more feet from the home and prepare the ground with compost, peat moss or manure.
—Tom MacKlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manure
Noun
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As the train pulled into the precincts of Guilin, Martha and Joost gazed out the window at a series of pointy green hills poking up out of bright-orange soil.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Borlaug’s life reflects the kind of innovation that can grow from Iowa soil and reach far beyond it.—
Kate Levasseur,
Des Moines Register,
29 Mar. 2026
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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As the men tumbled down the grade’s shoulder into muck and brush, the speeders rammed together.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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Volunteers have been showing up from across Oahu and even from other islands to help clear away muck and debris, Pierce said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Ostomies are surgically created openings on the abdomen that allow stool or urine to exit into a bag, and about 100,000 people get one every year.—
Diego Schaps,
STAT,
1 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after the stool is thrown, her young daughter, who was nearby on the sofa during the fight, can be heard crying.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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Plus, the printer includes automatic two-sided printing that helps reduces the amount of waste, and as a result, makes your workflows more efficient by saving time.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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Deep Isolation’s analysis confirmed that nuclear waste streams partitioned through the Argonne-baseline electrorefining process are compatible with deep borehole disposal.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manure. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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