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Verb
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In Armenia, strays are often tagged, a sign they have been neutered and released.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026 -
Both cats and dogs need to be at least a year old, have been spayed or neutered and be up-to-date on their vaccinations.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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In an interview after the hearing, Watts, a Democrat who chairs the committee, told Fortune that the Committee would look into options to pursue an independent audit and understand what happened to the altered record.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Her mother, most likely, Romito 1, carried an altered copy of the same gene, which explained her shorter stature, though her daughter appeared to suffer from a more acute case of the condition.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Spayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spayed. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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