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
Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.
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Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
Trash was strewn about the unit, and the toilet was clogged with excrement.
—Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
Over the summer the museum changed its name to the London Museum as part of a rebrand that included redesigning its logo, which is now a white clay pigeon that has emptied its bowels of golden excrement.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Gross and goofy, this semi-supernatural home invasion is mostly about one woman’s struggle to clean up another woman’s excrement.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
Trash was strewn about the unit, and the toilet was clogged with excrement.
—Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
Over the summer the museum changed its name to the London Museum as part of a rebrand that included redesigning its logo, which is now a white clay pigeon that has emptied its bowels of golden excrement.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Gross and goofy, this semi-supernatural home invasion is mostly about one woman’s struggle to clean up another woman’s excrement.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
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With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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In turn, their dung may have fertilized the growth of certain types of algae in the lake and thereby altered the local ecosystem.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Rocks also contribute to soil stability and protect delicate ecosystems.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
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June • For camellia, citrus, gardenia, grape and other plants adapted to acidic soil: If leaves are yellowing (chlorotic) between green veins, plants may benefit from foliar or soil application of iron and zinc chelate and mulching.The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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The denizens of Fort Bridger are all covered in dirt and grime.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Chances are items, possibly returns to stores, shoes, and outerwear have accumulated, along with extra grass, dirt, and dust on the entryway tables and floors.Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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