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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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This kind of research is critical, particularly in the areas of understanding the gut microbiome, but also for the understanding of complex microbial populations in soil, for example, among roots of growing crops.—
Steven Savage,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Israeli attacks on Syrian soil since Assad’s fall, as well as recent outbreaks of fighting in the Sweida region of southern Syria, underscore the ongoing fragility of the Syrian government and concerns over its ability to contain violence and migration outside of its borders.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Staying hydrated is equally important as water helps fiber do its job by preventing stool from drying out.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Might as well throw in the matching kids’ stool.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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How that ratio of truth to horse manure will manifest in the shenanigans of season two is anyone’s guess.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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Regulation possible moving forward While horseback riding companies and scientists may not agree on how harmful horse manure is, both sides see a possibility for compromise on regulation.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Six months later, the internship — some of which bore all the glamour of scrubbing bird poop and bucketing hundreds of pounds of fish as dolphin food — developed into a full-time gig as a trainer.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Clearing out the poop from the animals’ enclosures is a significant part of the zoo’s daily energy usage.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2025
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Deputies who responded to the scene said the home was covered in trash and smelled of human excrement.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Human excrement can contain a wide range of parasites, bacteria, and viruses that can contaminate bodies of water, causing harm not only to humans but also to flora and fauna.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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