as in sexless
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Recent Examples of neuter
A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In male dogs, neutering can reduce aggression, wanderlust, and both prostatic and perineal issues later in life.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Under the contract, KC Pet Project would be tasked with caring for animals that enter the campus, performing spay and neuter surgeries, adopting out animals and providing maintenance and repairs up to $100,000, among other tasks.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Doing that enabled Russia to make its political demands—neutering the Ukrainian state through caps on the size of its army and changing its constitution—a precondition to peace.
—A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In male dogs, neutering can reduce aggression, wanderlust, and both prostatic and perineal issues later in life.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Boynton said the state needs more low-cost spay and neuter locations.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Under the contract, KC Pet Project would be tasked with caring for animals that enter the campus, performing spay and neuter surgeries, adopting out animals and providing maintenance and repairs up to $100,000, among other tasks.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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Airlines have been proactively altering their schedules, partly by canceling some flights in and out of Newark, to address the current limitations at the airfield.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Excess fat – particularly the tissue that surrounds the internal organs – is metabolically active, producing inflammatory molecules, altering hormone levels and impairing insulin signaling.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Especially when contrasted against those boring (mostly) sexless Jedi.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
19 June 2024
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Compared to the usual Tudor fare, the film is a sexless showcase of thespianism, from Robert Shaw’s wildly charismatic but mercurial Henry to Orson Welles’s scowling Cardinal Wolsey.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
18 June 2024
Verb
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The Adoptee Citizenship Act, which is intended to fix this oversight, has been introduced twice in Congress to no effect.—
Time,
Time,
15 May 2025
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Protein is needed for the muscles to fix the damage and grow larger.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Fans have interpreted Murderbot as asexual, gender-fluid and on the autism spectrum.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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Over time, however, that bigotry has not only grown more pronounced but also broader in scope, leading her to recently target not only trans people but also asexual people.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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