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Recent Examples of sterilize
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.
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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
Do not try to sterilize your experience or control everything.
—Alexi Pappas, Outside, 26 Aug. 2025
Others are simply unfounded – the oral doses are meant to sterilize their kids.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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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
Do not try to sterilize your experience or control everything.
—Alexi Pappas, Outside, 26 Aug. 2025
Others are simply unfounded – the oral doses are meant to sterilize their kids.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sterilize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
Verb
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Researchers are exploring ways to alter aging, including through exercise, diet, and drugs.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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The third touchdown pass traveled at last to a receiver, who altered his option route to move into the quarterback’s line of vision.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Many of the dogs that are rescued must be spayed or neutered, as well as given deworming treatment.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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They are neutered, current on vaccines, have been tested for FIV/FeLV and microchipped.—
Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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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 nonprofit says its clients, many of whom are seniors on a limited or fixed income, will lose an average of $176 per month in food assistance.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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The retail and banking industries, rarely allies in Washington on policy matters related to point-of-sale, are demanding that Washington issue guidance or pass a law fixing the issues that are arising due to the shortage.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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