as in secreting
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to pass (waste matter) from the body or from an organ in the body
excrete sweat The kidneys excrete toxins.
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Recent Examples of excreting
This pair of organs is responsible for filtering and excreting drugs from your body.
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Carrie Madormo, Health, 12 Nov. 2025
This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
In fact, the birds let loose with the feces every four to ten minutes while in flight, excreting roughly 5 percent of their body mass every hour.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
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Organoids that actually work The team also demonstrated endodermal differentiation by producing insulin-secreting islet organoids.—
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The virus targets the mammary gland's milk-secreting epithelial cells, causing painful infections in the udder.—
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Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.—
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In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra in response.—
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It was last renovated in the 1990s by Andrés Balazs, who gave it a more contemporary feel without eliminating old-school charms.—
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By eliminating heavy abrasion, jeans are less lightly to breakdown prematurely.—
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Early evidence suggests these cells may go off course, making fat instead of bone and releasing chemical signals that interfere with the regrowth of blood vessels, which are essential for healing.—
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Mobilizing stored iron by releasing it from the liver and spleen into the bloodstream and bone marrow.—
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Before Maduro was captured, AP reported Russia had started evacuating families of diplomats from Venezuela.—
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At a recent event providing health services to those affected, MusiCares says many participants shared stories of evacuating with only a few minutes notice, forcing some to leave behind their means of livelihood – instruments and studios, some of which the organization has helped to replace.—
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“Excreting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excreting. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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