as in soil
solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants
a bag of cow manure
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It is released by wastewater treatment facilities, meat processing facilities, petroleum refining, manufacturing of asphalt and roofing material, and places where large quantities of manure are stored.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
They were followed a few minutes later by a platoon of soldiers wearing Union Army uniforms, joined by cavalry and a covered wagon, and trailed by a soldier wielding a shovel for scooping up manure.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
He was accused of operating an unlicensed hog farm on his property and disposing hog manure in nearby lagoons.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
After a report on a meeting of Bath County supervisors, in 2017, someone dumped manure in front of the local station’s porch, twice.
—Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
They were followed a few minutes later by a platoon of soldiers wearing Union Army uniforms, joined by cavalry and a covered wagon, and trailed by a soldier wielding a shovel for scooping up manure.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
He was accused of operating an unlicensed hog farm on his property and disposing hog manure in nearby lagoons.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
After a report on a meeting of Bath County supervisors, in 2017, someone dumped manure in front of the local station’s porch, twice.
—Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manure
Noun
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Derby County had done the same 24 hours earlier, leaving Norwich, Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday as the remaining clubs yet to triumph on home soil.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The primary sources of heavy metal contamination in the cow’s environment, said Akinleye, are feed, water and soil.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rodents left dung pieces in the bun storage area (over 25); dry storage shelves (over 10); the front counter cabinet where the soda machine equipment is (over 10); and behind the air conditioning unit on the second floor (over 20).—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Or that tossed off, scrapped, relegated to the dung heap of failed work, the unconscious keeps turning and turning the deep images and obsessions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Since the April 2022 closing of the $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, investors have been dragged into the muck.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Gophers’ running game was stuck in the muck for weeks, but running back Darius Taylor got loose with 145 yards on 21 carries and his first rushing touchdown.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The bar—made of white onyx—glows softly from within, inviting you to pull up a stool.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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Animal studies have shown that type I collagen can help reduce inflammation and blood in the stool.—
Devineé Lingo,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The discovery offers a powerful way to give waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials, advancing both a circular economy and next-generation clean technologies.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched in response to the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas’s attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and laid waste to swaths of territory.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manure. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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