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Recent Examples of night soil
This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.
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Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2021
For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2021
For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for night soil
Noun
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Orchids are heavy feeders, and their soil alone won't provide enough nutrients for them.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Add compost to the soil to provide organic matter and improve soil structure.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The bar—made of white onyx—glows softly from within, inviting you to pull up a stool.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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Animal studies have shown that type I collagen can help reduce inflammation and blood in the stool.—
Devineé Lingo,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Moreover, the purification and refining process works with many types of biowaste, notably food, sewage sludge, algal bloom, swine manure, and agricultural residue.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her year-round process includes cleaning up the old vines, planting cover crops to protect the soil, running tests and spreading manure to prepare the patch for spring.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The tax would cover the costs of cleaning up dog poop and other related public-space maintenance.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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No bugs in rice, but rodent poop on seasoning containers in a kitchen storage room (over 30 droppings), next to a kitchen bread mixer (over 10 droppings), on the kitchen floor (over 10), and on top of sanitizer buckers under the kitchen dishwasher (over six).—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The president prefers posting AI slop videos of himself dumping excrement on city-dwellers than working for them.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sheep’s wool is also highly damaging to vital river systems, as excrement from the UK’s 31 million sheep and chemical sheep dips run into waterways, causing suffocating eutrophication.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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