as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
desex the baby chickens destined for market
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as in altered
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Verb
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Some subdomains showed higher fluorescence intensity and spectral shifts, marking denser and chemically altered environments.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025 -
From Pandemic-Era Liquidity To A Lending Reset The CRE market was relatively stable in the period following the Great Recession until the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which drastically altered the macroeconomic landscape.—
Andrew DeNardo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The upshot is that France’s fiscal mess is unlikely to be fixed anytime soon.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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This composition positions the blood moon atop Tokyo's famous Skytree tower in Japan, giving the impression that the lunar disk is a red orb fixed to the top of a metal staff.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The same fate that has befallen so many local-news outlets has neutered the TTT as well.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Most that come in need to be spayed or neutered because many shelters don’t have veterinarians on staff or they are backlogged for months with surgeries.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The sterile cockpit rule prohibits pilots from engaging in conversations unrelated to operating the aircraft when flying below 10,000 feet.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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These aren’t sterile operations run by committees.—
Joel Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When lions and tigers mate in zoos, their liger cubs have suffered heart failure and other health problems (and the males seem uniformly infertile).—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
31 July 2025
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Though one of the world's most expensive cities, Seoul leads the nation in policies to support infertile couples, offers transportation stipends for pregnant women, and provides housing subsidies to new parents.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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“Desexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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