as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered
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Recent Examples of neutered
Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
All the dogs are rescued from the street, but many cannot be simply neutered and released.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
All dogs must be updated on vaccinations and spayed or neutered, Gauthier said.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Yet that redundancy means when one regulator is neutered, another can step in.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Devine leads Fixed as Bull, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier who wants one final night of vice before getting neutered.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Each adopted pet is spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Still, the studio ultimately passed on the raunchy comedy about a pack of male dogs’ last hurrah the night before their buddy Bull (voiced by Adam Devine) is to be neutered.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
Speaking to Deadline at Annecy in early July, Tartakovsky is quick to clarify that his dogs are neutered and that Fixed is in no way a critique of the practice.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Most that come in need to be spayed or neutered because many shelters don’t have veterinarians on staff or they are backlogged for months with surgeries.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
All the dogs are rescued from the street, but many cannot be simply neutered and released.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
All dogs must be updated on vaccinations and spayed or neutered, Gauthier said.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Yet that redundancy means when one regulator is neutered, another can step in.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Devine leads Fixed as Bull, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier who wants one final night of vice before getting neutered.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Each adopted pet is spayed/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Still, the studio ultimately passed on the raunchy comedy about a pack of male dogs’ last hurrah the night before their buddy Bull (voiced by Adam Devine) is to be neutered.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
Speaking to Deadline at Annecy in early July, Tartakovsky is quick to clarify that his dogs are neutered and that Fixed is in no way a critique of the practice.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neutered
Verb
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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
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Crews altered course to reach the distressed vessel, which was just off the coast of Massachusetts’ capital city.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The upshot is that France’s fiscal mess is unlikely to be fixed anytime soon.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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This composition positions the blood moon atop Tokyo's famous Skytree tower in Japan, giving the impression that the lunar disk is a red orb fixed to the top of a metal staff.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Dealing with the horrors of the situation in Gaza within the sterile environment of a call center, its workers are feeling increasingly hopeless, caught in the political crossfire of an escalating situation.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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For the first time, a technological tool seemed to truly understand us—not as a sterile database, but as a conversational partner.—
Avital Pardo,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ethics without efficiency are impotent.—
Karlo Tanjuakio,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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What the Texas Legislature is doing is indefensible – gerrymandering necessarily involves taking portions of the electorate and rendering their voices impotent.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2024
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“Neutered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutered. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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