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Recent Examples of neuter
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The clinic itself began with the name Fix Our Ferals to care for community cats by trapping them, neutering them, and returning them to where they were found.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The program provides free spay/neuter surgeries for free-roaming cats in areas throughout metro Phoenix that have large populations of feral cats.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Like Greta Thunberg—another firebrand who refused to neuter her activism after being fêted by the liberal establishment—Smalls joined the 2025 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza strip.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The clinic itself began with the name Fix Our Ferals to care for community cats by trapping them, neutering them, and returning them to where they were found.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The animal shelter also set up vet appointments for the pups to receive vaccinations and spay and neuter appointments, which are done at the rescue facility at no cost to the foster.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The program provides free spay/neuter surgeries for free-roaming cats in areas throughout metro Phoenix that have large populations of feral cats.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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For these groups, missing doses can have life-altering consequences.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Until recently, treatment focused almost entirely on managing symptoms rather than altering the underlying biology of the disease.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Here, the argument is that high-status men leave low-status men sexless and frustrated, ultimately leading to violence.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the second, sexless, glowing people weep and hug in my timeline.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The previous schedule was fixed.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The chandelier fixed squarely in the vaulted ceiling and the elegant milk glass lamps that lined the hallway cast their soft gazes downward.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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To editors of the time, the most marketable image of Dickinson the poet was that of the eccentric, reclusive, asexual woman in white.—
Via Chronicle Books,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Eventually, asexual reproduction might have become permanent in some Balanophora species.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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