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
The president prefers posting AI slop videos of himself dumping excrement on city-dwellers than working for them.
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Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Sheep’s wool is also highly damaging to vital river systems, as excrement from the UK’s 31 million sheep and chemical sheep dips run into waterways, causing suffocating eutrophication.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Harry Sisson, the Democratic activist, noted that he was featured in the AI video with the excrement dumped on his head.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Like similar toilets, the bowl area is lined with a bag-like film that catches excrement and urine.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Sheep’s wool is also highly damaging to vital river systems, as excrement from the UK’s 31 million sheep and chemical sheep dips run into waterways, causing suffocating eutrophication.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Harry Sisson, the Democratic activist, noted that he was featured in the AI video with the excrement dumped on his head.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Like similar toilets, the bowl area is lined with a bag-like film that catches excrement and urine.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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The streets are begrimed by factory smoke, fecund with horse dung and lit by lanterns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Resources found in our soil should benefit the people who live on it, not just the executives who trade it.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Inspect the plant and its soil for signs like yellowing or wilting leaves, smelly soil, dropping leaves, leaf spots, and failure to bloom.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some experts urge caution in throwing dirt on the winter yet.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Under the scalding hot sun of the Brazilian northeast, a group of young boys kicks dirt up while running over a football.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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