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Recent Examples of neuter
Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
In May, a cat named George found himself three miles from home after escaping from the local SPCA following his neuter operation appointment.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 5 June 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
The country's air defenses are in tatters, its proxies are neutered.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Verb
The team also partnered with spay and neuter clinics to study tissue samples.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
In May, a cat named George found himself three miles from home after escaping from the local SPCA following his neuter operation appointment.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 5 June 2025
Adjective
In what could be interpreted as a response to Squid Game’s emergence as a global phenomenon—albeit one neutered by reality competition spin-offs and child-size Player 456 Halloween costumes—the VIPs’ return in the final season emphasizes this uncomfortable identification between viewer and villain.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
The country's air defenses are in tatters, its proxies are neutered.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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Unemployment had altered her idea of what qualified as a life.—
Nora Lange,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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These alter the taste of your coffee and can even cause your machine to break down.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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But Pascal, for all the twinkle in his eye, often plays relatively sexless characters — from the fatherly energy of The Last of Us to the ascetic qualities of The Mandalorian.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
9 June 2025
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Especially when contrasted against those boring (mostly) sexless Jedi.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The current rumors are that Apple is willing to pay upwards of $20 billion for a startup to fix its AI strategy—potentially its largest acquisition ever.—
R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The results showed some progress, but the car's brakes suffered issues during the Grand Prix, and Hamilton is already looking forward to this issue being fixed.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 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 16 Jul. 2025.
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