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agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered
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Recent Examples of neutered
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026
Most shelter animals are already spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
The sample size is three, and of those, two have failed or been effectively neutered, and a third just filed for IPO.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026
The shelter noted in its Facebook post that dogs eligible for free adoption will be spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
An important piece of information is that mixed American minipigs need to be spayed or neutered.
—Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
From there, Balboa will be neutered and open to finding his forever family.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
San Joaquin County leaders are considering a proposal that would require pets taken into shelters to be spayed or neutered before being returned to their owners.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 5 May 2026
During intake, staff noticed Dodger had already been neutered and had a microchip.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The effects pouring out of the legislative, executive and even judicial branches of government in this state are about an all-powerful majority and a neutered opposition.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
Rather, a toothless state regulation was neutered by a 2022 law that turned a famously public vetting process into one more DeSantis-era example of how democracy dies in darkness.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026
Most shelter animals are already spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
The sample size is three, and of those, two have failed or been effectively neutered, and a third just filed for IPO.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026
The shelter noted in its Facebook post that dogs eligible for free adoption will be spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
An important piece of information is that mixed American minipigs need to be spayed or neutered.
—Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
From there, Balboa will be neutered and open to finding his forever family.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
San Joaquin County leaders are considering a proposal that would require pets taken into shelters to be spayed or neutered before being returned to their owners.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 5 May 2026
During intake, staff noticed Dodger had already been neutered and had a microchip.
—Ryan Brennan
april 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutered
Adjective
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By gaining new traits, these altered organisms might pose a novel invasion threat to Earth, if introduced through the transfer and insecure containment of contaminated samples.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Schar, the 34-year-old centre-half, had been expected to leave, but has been offered an extension (reflecting an altered squad status and a drop in salary) and talks between Newcastle and his camp are ongoing.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Verb
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After starting in the Netherlands with a single event in 2009, Repair Cafe has grown into a global nonprofit with more than 59,000 members, some 4,000 cafes and close to 850,000 items fixed a year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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The facility was closed for a short time until the water issue could be fixed.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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The sterile flies are irradiated and released en masse, designed to blanket a region experiencing an outbreak.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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American officials are working to expand the use of sterile male screwworm flies to stop the parasites’ spread.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Decadence is the vanity of bodybuilders made impotent by steroids.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Neutered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutered. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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