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stool

noun

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as in feces

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Recent Examples of stool Symptoms range from pelvic pain to leaking urine or stool, familiar territory for many postpartum moms. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 Another stool from the collection slots a craggy stone carcass inside a black columnlike shell. — Jill Singer, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026 William remembers being placed on a stool at Manhattan bars, while his father socialized and flirted. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Constipation Is Relieved Constipation typically occurs when stool moves slowly through the digestive tract. — Melissa Fiorenza, HEALTH, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stool

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There were over 25 poop pellets in that storage area, near the stairs where there was also a dead roach.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Such is the Hermès commitment to authenticity that the poop was sourced directly from the unit.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of poop

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During the first re-inspection, the inspector saw about 10 pieces of rodent dung under the air-conditioning unit, seven in the hallway by the back door and three under storage by the hallway bathroom.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of dung

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Key Takeaways Aeration improves soil health by reducing compaction and helping nutrients reach grass roots.

— Lauren David, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026
The project explores how hydroponic growing—which grows crops in water instead of soil—and AI can reduce cotton’s reliance on these resources.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of soil

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On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.

— Curbed, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure.

— Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022

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