night soil

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Recent Examples of night soil 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, 1 May 2021 For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for night soil
Noun
  • The victory continues England’s success at major international tournaments, with this marking the team’s third final in a row; the Lionesses won the Women’s Euros on home soil in 2022 and lost to Spain in the World Cup final in 2023.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
  • The book deftly expresses both grief for all of the violence perpetrated on American soil and a profound love for all of the beings that inhabit this continent.
    The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Hours in the studio: sitting on a stool, staring at the drawer of unwilling brushes and oils, not touching a single one.
    Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
  • Also on display is a table and stool created by Bento Architecture, and made out of mycelium.
    Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The caveat is that manure often has a high nitrogen and salt content that potentially burns plants and causes other issues.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2025
  • The contamination can occur because of sewage, manure or storm runoff.
    Shreya Srinivasan, NBC news, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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

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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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