as in to secrete
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to pass (waste matter) from the body or from an organ in the body
excrete sweat The kidneys excrete toxins.
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Recent Examples of excrete
Any extra water-soluble nutrients your body doesn't use are excreted through your pee.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Feb. 2025
Once ingested by a human, methylmercury isn’t easily excreted and can quickly cross the digestive tract, the blood-brain barrier, and the placenta.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
Elephants eat wild coffee cherries, digest them, and excrete the beans.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bell said lab tests confirmed mold byproducts were excreted in Locke’s urine, showing his exposure to mold toxicity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Feb. 2025
Once ingested by a human, methylmercury isn’t easily excreted and can quickly cross the digestive tract, the blood-brain barrier, and the placenta.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
Elephants eat wild coffee cherries, digest them, and excrete the beans.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bell said lab tests confirmed mold byproducts were excreted in Locke’s urine, showing his exposure to mold toxicity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025
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The love letter was secreted in cardboard stuffing inside the new pair of argyle socks, which a Manhattan Supreme Court officer passed on to Mangione from his defense team ahead of his Feb. 21 court appearance.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Daniele Bianchi, an assistant professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has been studying what causes this normally benign plankton species to start secreting lethal toxins.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Republican Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson told the Star Tribune that Eichorn’s actions were sufficient to bring a motion to expel Eichorn from the state senate.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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She’s now been in ICE detention for over a month The researcher was then denied entry to the US and expelled from the country, Baptiste said.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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To Federal Workers Fired by Trump Elon Musk's Approval Rating Is 'Falling Through the Floor,' Polls Show The Department of Education has announced layoffs for more than 1,300 employees, and the Department of Veterans Affairs will also eliminate 80,000 jobs.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Protect their bandwidth by eliminating unnecessary meetings, setting realistic deadlines and reinforcing what matters most.—
Erin Stafford,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Excrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrete. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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