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Recent Examples of night soil
This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.
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Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for night soil
Noun
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The collapse was caused by heavy downpours and unstable soil.—
Hanna Park and Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Microplastics are tiny fragments of degraded polymers that are found in the environment, including our air, water and soil, a news release explained.—
Sara Moniuszko,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Industrial elements like metal stools, lantern pendant fixtures, and open shelving mingle with the room's traditional design.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2025
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Such lofty aspirations, though, feel eons away from the comfortable perch of a Passyunk Avenue bar stool this week, days before the Philadelphia Eagles march into a championship rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Ali Watkins,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But some of the manure would land on her mother’s property — even onto the exterior of the house.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many use manures applied to the surface of the soil every other month through early fall.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The whole place smelled of dog odor; there was dog poop in the unit and a grass pee pad that smelled of dog urine.—
Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Six rodent droppings under a sushi prep area counter, 16 pieces of poop in the dry storage area near the water heater and behind the washer and dryer, and two rodent droppings under the warewashing drain board show there’s more than just Pixie and Dixie running around the place.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Some could have come from wild bird excrement that enters storm drains, for example.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
22 Dec. 2024
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Catch up quick: For years, the city struggled against a tide of crow excrement.—
Kale Williams,
Axios,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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