as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets

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Recent Examples of excrement The zoo works with a third-party company to dispose of all excrement, transforming it into compost. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 Some could have come from wild bird excrement that enters storm drains, for example. Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024 Catch up quick: For years, the city struggled against a tide of crow excrement. Kale Williams, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024 Housekeepers, too, have had to deal with pet excrements. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for excrement
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Noun
  • Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This step-by-step guide explains how to propagate hoya plants by rooting cuttings in water or layering in soil.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Rent a small car or Vespa to zip around the narrow roads, discovering vineyards with volcanic soil, prehistoric villages, and underwater caves along the way.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As the saying goes, every flower must grow through dirt.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The Scoot Grandeur Apartments multi-use building coming to Cudahy could scoop its first dirt soon.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025

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