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

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  • Bondi, 59, intervened in a number of cases to alter the criteria for granting asylum in her role as the head of the immigration-court system, The Wall Street Journal reported.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Familiar names pepper the script, but characters’ circumstances, identities, and motivations have been significantly altered.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Players like Lauren Hemp, Greenwood, Vivianne Miedema and Bunny Shaw returning from injury (the former three all featured at the Euros) should go a long way towards fixing their form.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The only way to fix etching is by buffing the scratches out.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Desex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desex. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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