as in sterile
free from filth, infection, or dangers to health
patients with compromised immune systems must be treated in aseptic environments
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Recent Examples of aseptic
Gehl started his food manufacturing career as a fourth-generation employee at his family's business, Gehl Foods in Germantown, where its aseptic manufacturing plant still operates.
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Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
In my neighborhood, for example, the Duke and University of North Carolina health systems could extend their brand differentiation into their telehealth operations, which could otherwise function as rather aseptic standalone systems.
—Deepak Sirdeshmukh, STAT, 3 May 2024
While commuting to other, similarly aseptic indoor spaces—co-working offices, movie theaters, friends’ apartments—I’ll skirt around pigeons, avert my eyes from a gnarly rat, shudder at the odd scuttling cockroach.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
The paper-making and rope producers benefit from its resistance to saltwater damage, while the medical industry uses the fiber for supplies like surgical masks and disposable aseptic products as well as orthopedic joint replacements and fracture-healing implants.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
In my neighborhood, for example, the Duke and University of North Carolina health systems could extend their brand differentiation into their telehealth operations, which could otherwise function as rather aseptic standalone systems.
—Deepak Sirdeshmukh, STAT, 3 May 2024
While commuting to other, similarly aseptic indoor spaces—co-working offices, movie theaters, friends’ apartments—I’ll skirt around pigeons, avert my eyes from a gnarly rat, shudder at the odd scuttling cockroach.
—Hannah Seo, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
The paper-making and rope producers benefit from its resistance to saltwater damage, while the medical industry uses the fiber for supplies like surgical masks and disposable aseptic products as well as orthopedic joint replacements and fracture-healing implants.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aseptic
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Premier League football in the 2000s could be dramatic and explosive, but what the nostalgia for that era ignores is the number of dour, sterile games there were, many of them settled by a goal from a set piece.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The surgeon withdraws the balloon and then squeezes the implant in through a sterile funnel before closing the incision.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
15 Oct. 2025
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Only 46% of Madagascar has access to drinking water, only 15% have an adequate sanitary system, and as a result, children are more prone to chronic illness and malnutrition.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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In Utah, like Rocky Mountain National Park, basic park services such as search-and-rescue and sanitary needs have been covered by fee revenue collected by the parks prior to the shutdown.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Aseptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aseptic. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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