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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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Chevron also challenged the costly wetlands restoration project proposed by the parish, which involved removing large amounts of contaminated soil and filling in the swaths fragmented wetlands eroded over the last century.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Weed treatment can leave behind bare patches of soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Constipation is a digestive symptom that makes passing your stool difficult or painful.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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The stool started as a bench, changing in scale and shape as Mr. Béhar’s and Zanat’s artisans worked together.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Microorganisms in cow manure digest organic matter, releasing biogas – a mix of methane and carbon dioxide.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Mar. 2025
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Examples of organic lawn fertilizers include cottonseed meal, seaweed, bone meal, blood meal, and various animal manures.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But…how exactly can the same stuff firm up your poop in one situation, and loosen it another?—
Julie Stewart,
SELF,
25 Mar. 2025
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Rodents left about 15 pieces of poop behind reach-in cooler in the food preparation area, three pieces under the dry storage shelf in that area and five on the floor in the employee restroom.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Exposure to the mammal’s excrement can cause illness that includes flu-like symptoms.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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