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Recent Examples of sterilize
Choose clear plant propagation jars, vases, or bottles, and sterilize the containers with a 10% bleach solution to keep your cuttings healthy.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
Avoid overhead watering and sterilize pruning equipment between use.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
Steam, blend, and sterilize in one bowl with one-touch operation, so parents can offer fresh, nutrient-rich food without spending hours in the kitchen.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Still, while trying to locate the bullet in his body, doctors neglected to sterilize their hands or any surgical instruments.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
Avoid overhead watering and sterilize pruning equipment between use.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
Steam, blend, and sterilize in one bowl with one-touch operation, so parents can offer fresh, nutrient-rich food without spending hours in the kitchen.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Still, while trying to locate the bullet in his body, doctors neglected to sterilize their hands or any surgical instruments.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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For these groups, missing doses can have life-altering consequences.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Until recently, treatment focused almost entirely on managing symptoms rather than altering the underlying biology of the disease.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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But, the panel said, no other measures would work – not relocating the coyotes, not spaying or neutering them, not even killing them.—
Anita Gosch,
Oc Register,
19 Jan. 2026
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Last spring, the Newsom administration was accused of neutering the regulations that CalRecycle had initially proposed to implement the law.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Nov. 2025
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The book follows two men pursuing opera in 18th-century Italy — one, named Guido, is castrated to preserve his soprano singing voice, and the other, Tonio, is castrated by his brother Carlo in an attempt to control their family line.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2025
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In the political sphere—an arena that’s increasingly entangled with social media—figures such as Elon Musk decry empathy as an emasculating plague.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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All users are advised to watch for additional emergency out-of-band updates to fix outstanding issues.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Duke says Mensah transferring would cause irreparable harm, meaning a kind of harm that monetary damages can’t fix.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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