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Recent Examples of sterilize
To minimize infection, always clean and sterilize pruning equipment between plants.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Health workers and police officers assigned to protect them are frequently targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination drives are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
To sterilize empty jars, set them mouth up on the rack in a boiling-water canner.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
The chefs worked together for several hours, first to sterilize the onggi over heated charcoal topped with a small amount of honey, which fumigate and purify the vessels.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Health workers and police officers assigned to protect them are frequently targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination drives are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
To sterilize empty jars, set them mouth up on the rack in a boiling-water canner.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
The chefs worked together for several hours, first to sterilize the onggi over heated charcoal topped with a small amount of honey, which fumigate and purify the vessels.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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According to Beemiller, alcohol alters appetite-regulating signals and affects the brain’s reward circuits.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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Schools would be taking a big hit too, but legislators altered the plan to protect them from what would have been severe tax cuts.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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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
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Most shelter animals are already spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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Under colonial rule hijras were accused of acting as male prostitutes and of kidnapping and castrating children to grow their community.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
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If the very successful 25-year-old Coward had been caught with a man, he could have been jailed or chemically castrated.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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When Ruben turns up uninvited to Niall’s wedding, he is feeling completely emasculated by Niall’s actions.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Not only has he been so emasculated by the one person he A) trusted the most and B) never thought had the power in him to emasculate him.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
29 May 2026
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CDs come with interest rates around 4% or higher now, approximately, and those rates are fixed and will hold until the account matures.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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An injunction is a preliminary order in a litigation where the judge finds the plaintiff is likely to prevail on the merits and would suffer irreparable injury (meaning an injury money can’t fix) without an injunction.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2026
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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