sanitary
adjective
Examples of sanitary in a Sentence
Carmen Valeria Escobar, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
Women will talk about the need to get sanitary pads.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
In 1951, the municipal sanitary engineer chastised citizens for dumping their garbage in their neighborhoods and encouraged them to use the dump.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2024
One of the biggest concerns staff had was figuring out how to ensure that people were keeping items, especially kitchen ones, in good sanitary condition.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Related Articles As for plastic bags, companies capitalized on the COVID-19 pandemic to delay efforts to cut back on single-use bags, claiming inaccurately that those were more sanitary than reusable totes.
—Gerald Markowitz, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
Here was a group of men sweating under the weight of large backpacks, which the Border Patrol said sometimes contained drugs like fentanyl or meth but usually were filled with water, food, clothing and sanitary supplies.
—Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, Iron Man and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers are looking to get paid more and address safety concerns, sanitary workplace conditions and scheduling policies.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
Poor sanitary conditions are causing a spike in levels of waterborne diseases such as chronic diarrhea, which threatens the lives of children, UNICEF said in an update on X on Saturday.
—NBC News, 5 Feb. 2024
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Word History
French sanitaire, from Latin sanitas
1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Sanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanitary. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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