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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
The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2021
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
The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.
—oregonlive, 1 May 2021
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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Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.—
Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Their inflammatory markers were monitored through blood, urine, and stool samples, and colon polyps were examined through high-definition colonoscopies.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Relieve constipation: Certain magnesium and phosphorus supplements can help relieve constipation by bringing water to your intestines and softening stool (poop).—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These tasks include milking, feeding and manure management.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Only use manure from livestock and to not add pet waste or human manure to standard composting systems.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And no one can assure that their poop is safe to eat.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Another included several bags for picking up the poop.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Researchers fed the fish, and their excrement provided nutrients to the plants.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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