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guano

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as in manure

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Recent Examples of guano Their guano is mined from caves for fertilizer. — The Conversation, Fortune, 14 May 2026 Over thousands of years their guano enriches the soil with nutrients, nourishing roots and native plants. — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026 Other common organic components include bat guano, earthworm castings, bone meal and seaweed meal. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026 Now new research published February 11 in PLOS One offers evidence that a Peruvian civilization thriving before the rise of the Inca Empire in the early 1400s was applying guano from those islands to its maize crops by at least 1250. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guano

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Noun

Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus from synthetic fertilizers and cow manure are then carried into the river by water and sediment runoff.

— Hannah Smith Updated July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
This is the regenerative cycle that mimics the way ecosystems are designed to work–Organic food to organic manure to organic soil.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of manure

Noun

Nutrient inputs include decaying leaf litter and bird excrement that are deposited in the pool directly, along with fertilizer runoff and sewage, which enters the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
Approximately 3 roach excrement droppings inside of soap dispenser.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026

Definition of excrement

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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, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026

Definition of dung

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Alford also commented on the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the long-standing interpretation that anyone born on American soil is an American citizen.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
German rockets launching from Canadian soil may be a bridge to that until Canadian companies can develop their own boosters.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

Definition of soil

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How to avoid catching a diarrhea-causing parasite Cyclosporiasis is transmitted via a fecal-oral route, meaning contact with foods, drinks and surfaces contaminated with infected poop particles.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Instead, cyclosporiasis spreads by eating food and drinking water contaminated with poop.

— Michelle Marchante July 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of poop

Noun

The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

Definition of midden

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