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Recent Examples of spay
My typical recommendation is to spay female dogs before their first heat, typically around 6-7 months.
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Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
There is a significant health benefit to spaying a female dog before the first heat cycle as it is reported to reduce the chance of breast cancer later in life.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
MetLife’s preventative care plan includes vaccines, spaying/neutering and heartworm prevention, behavioral training and up to $150 toward teeth cleaning, among other benefits
Standout benefits: Claims can be filed online and reimbursed within 10 days.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Kittens should then be neutered/spayed, vaccinated and de-wormed.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
There is a significant health benefit to spaying a female dog before the first heat cycle as it is reported to reduce the chance of breast cancer later in life.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
MetLife’s preventative care plan includes vaccines, spaying/neutering and heartworm prevention, behavioral training and up to $150 toward teeth cleaning, among other benefits
Standout benefits: Claims can be filed online and reimbursed within 10 days.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Kittens should then be neutered/spayed, vaccinated and de-wormed.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spay
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In what could be interpreted as a response to Squid Game’s emergence as a global phenomenon—albeit one neutered by reality competition spin-offs and child-size Player 456 Halloween costumes—the VIPs’ return in the final season emphasizes this uncomfortable identification between viewer and villain.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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The country's air defenses are in tatters, its proxies are neutered.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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With compounded drugs, licensed pharmacists alter, mix or combine ingredients of a drug to customize medicines.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Decreasing the available calories isn’t the only way climate change is altering food, however.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
28 June 2025
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“Spay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spay. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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