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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The tools allow courses to be instantly translated and altered to fit many different learning styles and needs—including learners with disabilities, or those needing support in different languages.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025 -
The workers are also asking that a monthly attendance bonus of $100 be altered to a weekly attendance bonus of $40.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s no reason to think that side of the ball is getting fixed even when DeMarvion Overshown returns from the knee injury that ended his season last December.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Its supply is fixed, so it can’t be inflated at will.—
Luke Xie,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Although neutered, Mosser said Tully found the environment overstimulating.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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The personality was evidently deliberately neutered.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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In 2023, while at Weill Cornell Medicine, Balbach helped drive the discovery that blocking another crucial sperm enzyme made mice temporarily infertile, initially raising the potential for a non-hormonal male birth control.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Queen wasps can live up to a year, while worker wasps, infertile females that build and defend the nest, live two to three weeks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Desexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexed. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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