Definition of desexnext
as in to alter
to remove the sex organs of desex the baby chickens destined for market

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  • Digital abundance hasn’t really altered that, at least not in my experience.
    Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The biggest change of all, though — one which actually could alter the structure of the show — is the concept of the Secret Traitor, whose role is to provide a shortlist of people whom the main Traitors can select for murder.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2026
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  • Rather than just fix the problem, the sport might want to identify what exactly the problem is.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the most compelling accessibility tech didn’t try to fix vision so much as translate the visual world into something usable.
    Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Desex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desex. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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