as in altered
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as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
desex the baby chickens destined for market
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Adjective
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In an interview after the hearing, Watts, a Democrat who chairs the committee, told Fortune that the Committee would look into options to pursue an independent audit and understand what happened to the altered record.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Her mother, most likely, Romito 1, carried an altered copy of the same gene, which explained her shorter stature, though her daughter appeared to suffer from a more acute case of the condition.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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There’s also evidence that ancient snow travelers used climbing skins — animal skins fixed to the underside of the skis — for uphill travel.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Mutable Fire Sign Every sign is assigned a quality (cardinal, mutable, or fixed), which explains the sign's basic energy.—
Maressa Brown,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In Armenia, strays are often tagged, a sign they have been neutered and released.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Both cats and dogs need to be at least a year old, have been spayed or neutered and be up-to-date on their vaccinations.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Create Pools of Light Harsh, piercing lights tend to feel more sterile than serene.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Using this technique, the government is breeding sterile, non-infected, male flies at a facility in Panama.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Many remote lodges, however, are stunted by unfixable geographic challenges, like infertile land.—
Jillian Dara,
Robb Report,
28 Nov. 2025
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Datini’s bride, Margherita, proved to be infertile; with no one to inherit his business empire, and increasingly concerned about the fate of his immortal soul, Datini left much of his estate to causes benefitting the poor.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Desexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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