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Recent Examples of stool
The study, published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, examined the gut microbiome in stool and the oral microbiome from saliva and the tongue.
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
WastewaterSCAN, a research project led by scientists from Stanford and Emory universities, draws samples from municipal sewage facilities across the country to look for pathogens people shed through their stool.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
The defendant got into some sort of argument with Velasquez, who was sitting on a stool outside the store, before the deadly conflict.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Vintage Stools Lastly, the pros say not to sleep on the stool section.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
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Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
WastewaterSCAN, a research project led by scientists from Stanford and Emory universities, draws samples from municipal sewage facilities across the country to look for pathogens people shed through their stool.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
The defendant got into some sort of argument with Velasquez, who was sitting on a stool outside the store, before the deadly conflict.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Vintage Stools Lastly, the pros say not to sleep on the stool section.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool
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The dog-waste donnybrook was similar to another recent clash in Brooklyn that saw a 75-year-old grandmother jumped and beaten for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Participants also reported the quality of their poop using the Bristol Stool Chart.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The other is the smell of excrement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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And the valuable matter, in this case, the pure human feces and urine, had hardened over time, preserving the ancient excrement.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2026
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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In general, plants in window boxes need good drainage, high-quality soil, and frequent watering to flourish.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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Mexico’s government said Saturday that two CIA agents killed in a car crash in Chihuahua were unauthorized to participate in operations on Mexican soil.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.—
Amy Brady,
Scientific American,
17 Oct. 2023
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The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
1 May 2021
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The primary sources of nitrates in groundwater are from livestock manure and other nitrogen-rich fertilizers placed on crops by farmers and ranchers, experts said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Biochar is usually made from wood, but it can also be created by burning plant debris, livestock bedding, manure, and other natural items.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2026
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Watch for signs of black bears in the area, including scat, tracks, den sites and bark stripped off trees.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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More recent research out of Quebec attempted to identify which mushrooms deer ate by examining their scat.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
25 Mar. 2026
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The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
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On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
12 Aug. 2022
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“Stool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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