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Recent Examples of sterilize
It’s used to sterilize medical equipment, including at Terumo BTC in Lakewood.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
In addition, the oxygen produced by photosynthesizing cyanobacteria also made its way to the upper atmosphere, forming another kind of oxygen known as ozone, which, by shielding the Earth’s surface from sterilizing ultraviolet radiation, allowed life to expand onto land.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Dogs that haven’t been sterilized give birth to puppies, who in turn mature into dogs ready to reproduce as well.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Others are simply unfounded – the oral doses are meant to sterilize their kids.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
In addition, the oxygen produced by photosynthesizing cyanobacteria also made its way to the upper atmosphere, forming another kind of oxygen known as ozone, which, by shielding the Earth’s surface from sterilizing ultraviolet radiation, allowed life to expand onto land.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
Dogs that haven’t been sterilized give birth to puppies, who in turn mature into dogs ready to reproduce as well.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Others are simply unfounded – the oral doses are meant to sterilize their kids.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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Hertz has seen a spike in one-way car rental bookings as travelers alter their plans.—
Laura Layden,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Just changing the profile, the length, shape, or tilt of the nose can completely alter someone’s identity.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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The following day, Bruce underwent surgery and was neutered.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The primary requirements are that people interested in fostering have their own pets vaccinated and spayed or neutered, and the ability to separate their pets from the foster animals.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Donkey has now been castrated, and the adorable family trio lives together in a large field with Partridge's other horses.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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The opera premiered in Rome at a time when castrati, or castrated male singers, took on treble roles; a papal decree forbade women from performing onstage.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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And yet precisely this dynamic ensures that commitment between men, the kind of domesticity that David and Giovanni attempt to establish in Giovanni’s room, can only ever be emasculating.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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By emasculating standards for performance, equity grading has both encouraged and hidden academic dysfunction.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The White House pushed back against that characterization and argued the administration only aims to fix the years of politically motivated enforcement that occurred under Democrats and their holdovers.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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For example, the tests measure AI’s ability to fix inconsistencies in customer invoices Excel spreadsheets for an imaginary sales analyst role, or AI’s ability to create a full production schedule for a 60-second video shoot for an imaginary video producer.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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