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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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Once soil health improves, many gardeners find that digging individual planting holes is sufficient for establishing crops.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mulching your garden also helps your soil stay moist for longer.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ostomies are surgically created openings on the abdomen that allow stool or urine to exit into a bag, and about 100,000 people get one every year.—
Diego Schaps,
STAT,
1 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after the stool is thrown, her young daughter, who was nearby on the sofa during the fight, can be heard crying.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Finally, somehow, some 10 million tons of manure produced at California factory farms is unaccounted for.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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This may involve adding organic matter such as compost, aged manure, or peat moss.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The astronauts famously hated the bagged-poop approach.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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One woman was paying $600 per month to live in a storage shed in the muddy backyard cluttered with junk and dotted with dog poop.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Authorities say surveillance footage of the cell showed that the legal papers were neatly stacked and no human excrement lined the cell walls.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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Roach excrement was on a wall next to the three-compartment sink.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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