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Recent Examples of sterilize
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.
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Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026
Also, sterilize pruners between palms to prevent the spread of diseases.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
In just four years the team had developed a vaccine that Salk took home to administer to his wife and sons, boiling needles in their kitchen to sterilize them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The mandate would let city officials sterilize lost or surrendered dogs that end up at city shelters without waiting for their owners’ consent.
—Alyce McFadden, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
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Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026
Also, sterilize pruners between palms to prevent the spread of diseases.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
In just four years the team had developed a vaccine that Salk took home to administer to his wife and sons, boiling needles in their kitchen to sterilize them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The mandate would let city officials sterilize lost or surrendered dogs that end up at city shelters without waiting for their owners’ consent.
—Alyce McFadden, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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Whether public scrutiny altered the outcome is impossible to prove.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Southwest Airlines is once again altering its plus-size passenger policy after a previous change earlier this year sparked continuous backlash from some of the airline’s most loyal passengers.—
Dallas Morning News,
Boston Herald,
30 May 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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Under Republican control, the House of Representatives has been emasculated.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
5 May 2026
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They were emasculated and embarrassed in Minnesota.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2026
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Congressional assistance in the bid to fix college sports could be headed back to the drawing board.—
Fisher Isbell,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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Except from one small group, who spied the women coming out of the pool and seemed to fix on them with special focus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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