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
Their body excretes a pink fluid that gives the animal a wet appearance to prevent sunburns, according to the San Diego Zoo.
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
Once researchers wash off the dye, the mice lost their translucency and the dye is excreted through urine, according to the university site's description of the study.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
The team pieced together several factors that indicated the shark had been eaten and the tag excreted by a larger predator that gobbled up the shark, Anderson said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Selenium from food or supplements is easily absorbed, and your body excretes any excess through urine, feces, or exhaled breath.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
Once researchers wash off the dye, the mice lost their translucency and the dye is excreted through urine, according to the university site's description of the study.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
The team pieced together several factors that indicated the shark had been eaten and the tag excreted by a larger predator that gobbled up the shark, Anderson said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Selenium from food or supplements is easily absorbed, and your body excretes any excess through urine, feces, or exhaled breath.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrete
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Oil glands, or sebaceous glands, are usually connected to hair follicles and secrete an oily substance called sebum that moisturizes your skin and hair.Carley Millhone, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
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The grand jury accused Whiting of misuse of public monies, theft, conflict of interest, harassment, sending a threatening letter and stealing, destroying, altering or secreting public records.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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But immediately after voting to allow women to be members, the group expelled one who had lurked secretly in their midst for two years.Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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A week after Nader and Savchenko were eliminated from the competition, a source told PEOPLE that the couple broke things off.Esther Kang, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Other provisions pin down how states designate electors, in order to eliminate the possibility of fakes crashing the Electoral College.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Excrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrete. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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