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
So, pretty much all day long, I was forced to watch my naked roommate delight in her excrement.
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Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In the older, less polite trading floors of Wall Street there was an adage that may be paraphrased as money talks, male bovine excrement walks.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
In the older, less polite trading floors of Wall Street there was an adage that may be paraphrased as money talks, male bovine excrement walks.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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But be careful not to hit any of the rodents or the rodent dung.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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Their young would then hatch from these balls of dung.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.—
Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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And let’s be real, I was dragged through the dirt.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Start by clearing the garage floor and using a broom to get rid of solid dirt and road salt.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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