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
In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.
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Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Her mother didn't want Dutt to be raised with the stigma of being known as a Dalit of the Bhangi sub-caste, whose people were long compelled to remove excrement from latrine pits.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
The poop was exhaustively analyzed by a research team of more than a dozen scientists using advanced techniques, and even a synchrotron particle accelerator, to probe each piece of excrement down to the molecular level.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
The site at 1157 E. Taylor St. has faced its share of difficulties, as homeless residents previously set up camps there in squalid conditions, leaving trash, shopping carts and human excrement.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Her mother didn't want Dutt to be raised with the stigma of being known as a Dalit of the Bhangi sub-caste, whose people were long compelled to remove excrement from latrine pits.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
The poop was exhaustively analyzed by a research team of more than a dozen scientists using advanced techniques, and even a synchrotron particle accelerator, to probe each piece of excrement down to the molecular level.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
The site at 1157 E. Taylor St. has faced its share of difficulties, as homeless residents previously set up camps there in squalid conditions, leaving trash, shopping carts and human excrement.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The collapse was caused by heavy downpours and unstable soil.—
Hanna Park and Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Microplastics are tiny fragments of degraded polymers that are found in the environment, including our air, water and soil, a news release explained.—
Sara Moniuszko,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The commission’s vote was that no dirt can be moved at the site until INDOT, IDEM and the city approve the developer’s plans.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Besides the mounds of dirt and heavy machinery, the only sign of the A’s presence in their temporary home exists in two small sections of merchandise in the official team store.—
Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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