as in truck
waste material (such as human urine and feces) that is carried away from homes and other buildings in a system of pipes
raw sewage
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Recent Examples of sewage
By using air, water, and microbiology, the system turns food waste to environmentally safe liquid; then funneling refuse into Manhattan sewage, reducing heaps of landfill waste from production.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
Tests revealed the water is contaminated with nitrate, which can come from fertilizer, animal manure or human sewage, and 1,2,3-trichloropropane, a hazardous chemical that was widely used in pesticides years ago.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
By comparison, the construction of a sewage-treatment plant for a city of 10,000 people costs about $5 million.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The approach enables officials to detect signs of disease spreading in a community through sewage samples, often before outbreaks are identified through traditional testing.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 June 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
Tests revealed the water is contaminated with nitrate, which can come from fertilizer, animal manure or human sewage, and 1,2,3-trichloropropane, a hazardous chemical that was widely used in pesticides years ago.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
By comparison, the construction of a sewage-treatment plant for a city of 10,000 people costs about $5 million.
—Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
The approach enables officials to detect signs of disease spreading in a community through sewage samples, often before outbreaks are identified through traditional testing.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sewage
Noun
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Security lines moved smoothly and fans would head toward the concession trucks, offering $11 slices and $7 water.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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It should be noted, as well as Leno having an In-N-Out Cookout truck on site at his Burbank garage to serve Biden lunch during his visit, the former President did pay for a number of the kids’ ice creams as well as his own and Leno’s at Handel’s.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Otherwise the food may rot or the dust collection bag will grow mold, causing your vacuum to stink.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Its windshield had been shattered, and every car nearby was coated in a layer of spray paint, dust and fire-extinguisher residue.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Two Canada geese and six gangly brown-suède goslings walked among the refuse, while in the near distance the truck horns and the protesters’ chants rose up.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Slightly over a mile from the market, perched on the banks of Korle Lagoon, is Old Fadama, an informal settlement where tens of thousands of people live on top of decades of refuse.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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“Sewage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sewage. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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