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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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Brazil were awarded the hosting rights for World Cup 1950 and were therefore considered favourites to win it on home soil, just as Uruguay and Italy had done in 1930 and 1934 respectively.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The news release said the researchers found the larvae were far more prevalent in places where soil was extremely dry and a lot of organic matter was present.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Two weeks later, at the Yonkers location of Juices for Life, on a busy road off the highway with cars double parked out front, Styles sits on a stool, sips on a protein shake, and thinks about how his relationship to the genre has changed but also stayed the same.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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And today there are services that can analyze a stool sample and tell you what kind of bacteria populate your gut.—
Priya Krishna,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Homeowners in the northwestern section of Somers are planning a large turnout at a hearing Tuesday night on whether an Ellington dairy should be allowed to dump large quantities of cow manure into a holding area near their houses.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
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Cooper advises enriching the soil with organic matter, like compost or aged manure, to get the right balance of nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Relieve constipation: Certain magnesium and phosphorus supplements can help relieve constipation by bringing water to your intestines and softening stool (poop).—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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Agri-Mark, the parent company of Cabot Creamery, has voluntarily recalled about 1,700 pounds of butter due to elevated levels of coliform bacteria, a type associated with fecal (poop) contamination, according to an enforcement report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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