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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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Surfactants are molecules with hydrophilic (water-loving) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) ends, which interact with water and soil particles, aiding water infiltration and distribution in soil.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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Yet Tebas’ desire to play games on American soil is exactly the kind of endeavor that makes two-club domination harder to escape.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This may trigger your intestines to contract and move your stool rapidly through the large intestine.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Aug. 2025
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The American Cancer Society recommends that adults 45 and up get regular colon cancer screenings, either stool analyses or colonoscopies.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Feed the soil with compost, aged manure or organic mulch.—
Nanette Londeree,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Growers often apply well-aged manure to the soil around plants to enhance their growth.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 July 2025
Noun
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In one episode in season 2, Ozzy snapped about the amount of poop in the house.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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The rodents at this week’s third repeater got on top of a counter, left a piece of poop there and on a board under the counter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
Noun
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As The Athletic wanders around the Queen Elizabeth II Stand, the glances made are like towards excrement on a shoe.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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In fact, some seventeenth-century writers even used the word excrement to describe human hair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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