excrement
noun
ex·cre·ment
ˈek-skrə-mənt 
: waste matter discharged from the body
especially
: feces
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Examples of excrement in a Sentence
an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
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New rules this year required climbers to pack out their own excrement, which does not fully degrade on the frigid mountain.
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Aishwarya Thapa Chhetri, NBC News, 16 June 2024
Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 May 2024
Other critics have noted the dog excrement, barbecues and other litter left behind, and the gates left open, by visitors.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 12 May 2024
Piles of dry excrement were scattered on the floor.
—Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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Aishwarya Thapa Chhetri, NBC News, 16 June 2024
Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 May 2024
Other critics have noted the dog excrement, barbecues and other litter left behind, and the gates left open, by visitors.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 12 May 2024
Piles of dry excrement were scattered on the floor.
—Declan Walsh Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 5 June 2024
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excrement. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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excrement
noun
ex·cre·ment
ˈek-skrə-mənt
: waste matter discharged from the body and especially from the anus
Medical Definition
excrement
noun
ex·cre·ment
ˈek-skrə-mənt
: waste matter discharged from the body
especially
: feces
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