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

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  • Read’s defense team slightly altered its strategy, too.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 June 2025
  • 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
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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
  • There were probably several mechanics Maggie could have turned to in order to fix the little Bug, but Herbie knew what needed to be done and orchestrated a meet-cute that wound up being one of the pillars of the movie.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 19 June 2025
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“Desex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desex. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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