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Recent Examples of neuter
Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
The National Library of Medicine published a report earlier this year that showed there was a 13% decrease in these spay and neuter surgeries around the country in 2020.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
This contradicts the belief that spaying or neutering a dog reduces aggression.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In German, nouns are assigned one of three grammatical genders—male, female, or neuter—through their articles, der, die, or das.
—Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
The National Library of Medicine published a report earlier this year that showed there was a 13% decrease in these spay and neuter surgeries around the country in 2020.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
In Campbell County, data from the county's own animal services shows that by 2022, 440 cats were returned to the field (after being spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and ear-tipped), which represented about 78 percent of all cat intakes that year.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
This contradicts the belief that spaying or neutering a dog reduces aggression.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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The charges allege Scholz took an ex-girlfriend's photo from social media and altered it with artificial intelligence software to make the woman nude.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Approval of Evita’s pill is not expected to significantly alter access to mifepristone.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 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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Vehicle owners are advised to park the vehicle outside and away from any structures and other vehicles until the recall is fixed.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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So just fixing my diet, drinking a lot of water, stretching, moving every day, doing the right movements.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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