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
Korean researchers have demonstrated a new method for producing jet fuel by converting landfill gas originating from food waste and manure into liquid fuel.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Treated Straw, Hay and Turfgrass Be selective about offers of free products like community mulches or used livestock bedding and manure from area farms.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
This is a fresh pile of marketing manure.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
No amendments like fertilizer or manure should be added to the hole.
—Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 14 Jan. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026
Treated Straw, Hay and Turfgrass Be selective about offers of free products like community mulches or used livestock bedding and manure from area farms.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
This is a fresh pile of marketing manure.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
No amendments like fertilizer or manure should be added to the hole.
—Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manure
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Lunar rocks and soil offered novel insights into the moon’s origin and composition, and more recent analysis of previously untouched Apollo samples, as well as samples retrieved by robotic missions, revealed the surprising discovery of water trapped in rocks thought to be bone-dry.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Our team of a half dozen volunteers worked for a little over an hour, amazed at the size of these starchy beasts in the earthy soil.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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The streets are begrimed by factory smoke, fecund with horse dung and lit by lanterns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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Your authentic perspective may cut through the muck of a problem that has become unnecessarily convoluted.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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There are myriad mucks at play, but not all gloop is created equal.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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Symptoms include blood in stool or rectal bleeding; changes in bowel habits such as diarrhea, constipation or narrowing of stool that lasts more than a few days; unintended weight loss; and cramps or abdominal pain.—
Lauran Neergaard,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Your body constantly loses water through breathing, urine, stool, and sweating.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
17 Feb. 2026
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The installation generates steam using CO₂-free electricity and recovers low-temperature waste heat from the paper manufacturing process.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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The women laid waste to the competition, outscoring their opponents 31-1 in the first five games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manure. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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