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
So, pretty much all day long, I was forced to watch my naked roommate delight in her excrement.
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Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In the older, less polite trading floors of Wall Street there was an adage that may be paraphrased as money talks, male bovine excrement walks.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In the older, less polite trading floors of Wall Street there was an adage that may be paraphrased as money talks, male bovine excrement walks.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Living in the wood economy means relying on wood, dung, and other basic bioenergy.—
Ted Nordhaus,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Aug. 2016
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To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.—
Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Crew members come up to Landau to discuss the process of making the floor resemble real dirt and mud, whether a test-your-strength carnival machine can be struck in time with the music, as well as drafts of a digital rendering of the sky that will grace the LED screen at the back of the stage.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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In fact, there’s plenty of dirt and animals trotting around the house — a tangible way of indicating the family’s lack of wealth compared to characters like Darcy and his friend, Charles Bingley.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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