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Recent Examples of neuter
Ramin Skibba, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
How about spay, neuter and release, like folks do with feral cats?
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Adoption fees cover the costs of vaccinations and spaying or neutering of pets, DeBerry said.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Animal control officers commonly snip a cat’s ear after its been part of a trap, neuter and release (TNR) program.
—Ramin Skibba, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
How about spay, neuter and release, like folks do with feral cats?
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
Adjective
For those who are in a position to adopt, the cost is $120 to adopt a dog and includes vaccines, including the rabies vaccine, spaying or neutering, and microchipping.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Adoption fees cover the costs of vaccinations and spaying or neutering of pets, DeBerry said.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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Bondi, 59, intervened in a number of cases to alter the criteria for granting asylum in her role as the head of the immigration-court system, The Wall Street Journal reported.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Familiar names pepper the script, but characters’ circumstances, identities, and motivations have been significantly altered.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Carpenter, too, somehow seems both sexless and oversexed.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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Their shared enthusiasms are utterly sexless.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Players like Lauren Hemp, Greenwood, Vivianne Miedema and Bunny Shaw returning from injury (the former three all featured at the Euros) should go a long way towards fixing their form.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The only way to fix etching is by buffing the scratches out.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Once fully grown, the medusae spawn a colony and repeat the asexual reproduction process.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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Whether a reaction to the third film’s box office or to the controversies that have surrounded Cruise’s personal life for decades, Ethan went from romantic lead to vaguely asexual.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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