as in sexless
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Recent Examples of neuter
Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
This behavior could be due to feline dementia; pain caused by conditions such as dental disease or arthritis; or among other things, mating behaviors if your cat still hasn't been spayed or neutered.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
Their size is usually affected by genetics, nutrition, and even neuter status.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The man goes back to the vet and tells him to neuter the dog.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
This behavior could be due to feline dementia; pain caused by conditions such as dental disease or arthritis; or among other things, mating behaviors if your cat still hasn't been spayed or neutered.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Adjective
These physical limitations affect the shelter’s capacity for high-volume spay and neuter services and lead to an environment less conducive to animal adoption, Morris said.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 19 Mar. 2025
Their size is usually affected by genetics, nutrition, and even neuter status.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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Read’s defense team slightly altered its strategy, too.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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The senators have a chance to reshape or alter some of the provisions of the bill before moving it forward.—
Thomas Wenski,
Sun Sentinel,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Especially when contrasted against those boring (mostly) sexless Jedi.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Compared to the usual Tudor fare, the film is a sexless showcase of thespianism, from Robert Shaw’s wildly charismatic but mercurial Henry to Orson Welles’s scowling Cardinal Wolsey.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
18 June 2024
Verb
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The company also launched a new secure network architecture called Cisco Live Protect, which is meant to shield your network from an exploit within minutes to give your IT security team time to fix the underlying issue.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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All three women have worked with military advocates who lean on the private housing companies that own these homes to come and fix the problems.—
Steve Osunsami,
ABC News,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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The report said authors found low certainty of evidence on the effects of gender-affirming surgeries on adolescents including suicidality, depression, asexual function, quality of life and regret.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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Often actors in big bodies are rendered as asexual or undesirable, perverse or hyper-sexualized.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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