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Recent Examples of antiseptic
Adjective
Barnes, a chemist, made his fortune with a new formulation for an antiseptic that became widespread in treating gonorrhea. Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025 Before the era of antiseptics and pharmacology, people used to routinely die from something as simple as an infected wound, and our woodland crew has certainly traveled back in time in that regard. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
If soap and antiseptic solutions are unavailable, flush the wound with bottled drinking water. Evan Moore august 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2025 An excellent alternative to Working Hands, this moisturizer is composed of just five ingredients: lanolin, petrolatum, paraffin wax, water, and 8-hydroxyquinoline sulfate, which features antiseptic properties. Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for antiseptic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antiseptic
Adjective
  • Southerners know the importance of keeping a clean and tidy house.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Financial details remain undisclosed, but international presales moved briskly at film markets over the past year, suggesting Yeon and his collaborators have likely already made a tidy return.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The wine service at Chenin, a 10-seat wine and craft cocktail bar that opened at the ground level of The Siren Hotel, is equally pristine.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • LogoPowered byScale logo Earlier this year, a titanium mine was slated for construction on the edge of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, an unusually diverse ecosystem that is home to some of the country’s most pristine wetlands.
    David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And these cars tend to be driven in fair weather, not on icy roads.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Just last year, scientists announced the news that New Horizons found the Kuiper Belt—a vast outer zone of hundreds of thousands of small, icy worlds beyond the orbit of Neptune—might extend much farther out than previously thought.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If you're diagnosed with one, a doctor will prescribe antibiotics to treat and cure it.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Little more than a century later, life expectancy had dramatically increased to seventy nine years—all due to a better understanding of microscopic germs as the cause of infectious diseases, public health measures, and the discovery and application of antibiotics.
    Alan Lightman September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Some of Chelsea’s other successful corner routines haven’t been quite as neat, with a series of half-clearances and scuffed contacts forcing scraps in the six-yard box before other teammates could apply the finishing touch.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Charles Marquis Warren’s direction pinpoints the action with neat perfection.
    Hal Landers, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kyle Schwarber's fit with the Philadelphia Phillies is immaculate, but 29 other teams will get the chance to bid on him this winter anyway.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But why so immaculate, and why so radio-only?
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The fair also will feature two stages of music, an entertainment dome, mouthwatering festival food and plenty of cold beer.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In a study, the team describes how cooling a gas of radioactive atoms to temperatures colder than deep space could synchronize their radioactive decay.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Goldenberg’s path to medicine began at a young age.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The substances in the reports included common household products such as pain relievers, antihistamines, cold medicines and vitamins, the study said.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Antiseptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antiseptic. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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