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Recent Examples of stool
Abdominal pain/cramping Blood in or on the stool Chronic constipation and/or diarrhea
Feeling full without eating much
Feeling like there is more stool in the rectum after a bowel movement (tenesmus)
Not wanting to eat
Weakness or fatigue
Weight loss
What Are the Causes and Risk Factors?
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Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025
Isola includes four dining tables, a dining chair, and an artisan stool, incorporating cipollino marble and brushed oak.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
Keep scrolling to shop the best Hearth & Hand with Magnolia Target Circle Week deals, including area rugs, accent pillows, and hosting essentials like outdoor lights and stools starting at $2.
—Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 7 July 2025
The other advantage, Pham said, is some people don't want to deal in their own poop, either through the colonoscopy prep or through stool collection tests.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025
Isola includes four dining tables, a dining chair, and an artisan stool, incorporating cipollino marble and brushed oak.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
Keep scrolling to shop the best Hearth & Hand with Magnolia Target Circle Week deals, including area rugs, accent pillows, and hosting essentials like outdoor lights and stools starting at $2.
—Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 7 July 2025
The other advantage, Pham said, is some people don't want to deal in their own poop, either through the colonoscopy prep or through stool collection tests.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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In fact, some seventeenth-century writers even used the word excrement to describe human hair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Access to clean cooking equipment in sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind other regions, with four in five people using wood, charcoal, or dung as fuel over open fires or using basic stoves, according to an International Energy Agency report.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
23 July 2025
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When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.—
Huntley Woods,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
1 May 2021
Noun
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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
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The contamination can occur because of sewage, manure or storm runoff.—
Shreya Srinivasan,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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Anderson, who was in her school's jazz band, thinks her impromptu scat during one of her auditions is what helped her land the role.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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Many people don’t understand that human waste doesn’t break down in the same way that animal scat does, for example.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
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On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
12 Aug. 2022
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“Stool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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