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This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.
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Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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
Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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
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In spring when cleaning up your garden, remove any remaining pieces of newspaper or mix them into your soil.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
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Learning how to plant without soil could be useful in other exploratory missions.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
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The third leg of that stool, leisure and hospitality, however, lost 4,000 jobs.Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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This gel adds bulk and softness to your stool, helping move things along and making bowel movements easier and more regular.Shushy Rita Setrakian MS, RD, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
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That report went on to detail how the agency had reportedly failed to set standards for agricultural water intended to keep manure and other pathogen sources out of water used to grow produce.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
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Fall is also the best time to add manure to your garden since fresh manure can burn growing plants, and even aged manure can pose a health hazard if it’s applied to gardens around harvest time.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2024
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Watch this 💩 Art with a message: Someone placed a bronze replica of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk — topped with a giant pile of poop — near the US Capitol in Washington, DC.Daniel Wine, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elevate her dog walks and hikes with this chic Springer set, which includes a hands-free leash that attaches to a luxe neoprene belt bag, perfect for stashing dog treats, poop bags, her wallet, keys, and phone.Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2024
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Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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Trash was strewn about the unit, and the toilet was clogged with excrement.Jeff Mcdonald, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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