sterility

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Recent Examples of sterility Piercing the sterility of contemporary life with the disruptive transgression of eroticism, Silver’s film features dreamy fantasy sequences that interrupt and disrupt, drawing us expertly into its characters’ sensual and unusual interiority. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026 Costs can be high because peptides are often custom-made and must meet strict quality and sterility standards. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 Some galleries have had pigment—blue, red, black—mixed into the concrete, softening the material’s sterility. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Kilitch Healthcare had serious quality lapses, in which the facility was filthy, employees were barefoot on the manufacturing floor and the company fraudulently passed products that failed sterility tests. C. Michael White, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026 There are also concerns about sterility and consistency, Kobets says. Erica Sweeney, Time, 9 Apr. 2026 Kilitch Healthcare had serious quality lapses, in which the facility was filthy, employees were barefoot on the manufacturing floor and the company fraudulently passed products that failed sterility tests. C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026 Engineers must ensure that the bag volume and heat exchanger capacity scale up accordingly, all while maintaining sterility and easy bedside handling. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026 The podcast aesthetic—casual, long-winded, sometimes profane—directly opposes, perhaps not coincidentally, the sterility and bizarre right-this-minute quality of cable news, on which everything seems incomplete and therefore manipulative, and yet somehow endless. Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterility
Noun
  • This condition, present in up to one in eight premenopausal women, is associated multiple systemic issues, including irregular periods, ovarian cysts and infertility.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • Many doctors also urge men to be cautious about taking TRT, which can stall sperm production and cause infertility.
    Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Shunammite, once so determined to get her period, is staring down the possibility of barrenness and, in Gilead, that means spinsterhood.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Sterility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterility. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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