excretion
Example Sentences
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Researchers say the findings indicate the bacterium may help remove nanoplastics from the body by binding to the particles in the intestine and promoting their excretion.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Humans treat our waste excretion as an intensely private experience.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025
In her 2024 Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital, author Samantha Harvey puts it more lyrically: "A robot has no need for hydration, nutrients, excretion, sleep… It wants and asks for nothing."
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024
Scientists have widely studied how creatures across the animal kingdom eat and drink, but few have delved into the mysteries of fluid excretion.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024
Jim Don had disappeared to the toilet for his ritualistic pre-game excretion.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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