stool

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Recent Examples of stool Abdominal pain/cramping Blood in or on the stool Chronic constipation and/or diarrhea Feeling full without eating much Feeling like there is more stool in the rectum after a bowel movement (tenesmus) Not wanting to eat Weakness or fatigue Weight loss What Are the Causes and Risk Factors? Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025 Isola includes four dining tables, a dining chair, and an artisan stool, incorporating cipollino marble and brushed oak. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 July 2025 Keep scrolling to shop the best Hearth & Hand with Magnolia Target Circle Week deals, including area rugs, accent pillows, and hosting essentials like outdoor lights and stools starting at $2. Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 7 July 2025 The other advantage, Pham said, is some people don't want to deal in their own poop, either through the colonoscopy prep or through stool collection tests. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for stool
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Noun
  • For poop on those same surfaces, DiNicolantonio recommends an at-home mixture: add a half tablespoon of dishwashing liquid to one tablespoon of white vinegar and two cups of warm water.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Causing your colon to contract more aggressively will soon expel the enema liquid along with a lot of the contents of the colon, meaning a lot of poop there is.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • In fact, some seventeenth-century writers even used the word excrement to describe human hair.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
    Huntley Woods, EW.com, 1 July 2025
  • Rodent dung found on pet food shelves at a Fort Lauderdale Family Dollar 951 Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Inspector Timothy O’Neil slapped a Stop-Use Order on the pet food aisle of the Fort Lauderdale store at 951 Sunrise Blvd.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Factors to consider: soil types, slopes, sun/shade, temperature, winds, and plant types and sizes.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
  • The practical pick efficiently drains excess water for healthier soil.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.
    Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.
    oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 May 2021
Noun
  • Synthetic fertilizers are more likely to cause fertilizer burn than applications of aged manure, compost, or organic fertilizers.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2025
  • Redefining biomass and feedstock: The state wants to look at new definitions for biomass and feedstock to clear up confusion on what can be used in anaerobic digesters used for recycling items like manure and food waste.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Many people don’t understand that human waste doesn’t break down in the same way that animal scat does, for example.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 July 2025
  • Anderson, who was in her school's jazz band, thinks her impromptu scat during one of her auditions is what helped her land the role.
    EW.com, EW.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
  • 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

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“Stool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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