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Recent Examples of sterilize
Rubber and plastic toys can be sterilized safely in the dishwasher.
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2025
Nothing that comes in contact with infectious agents may be thrown away until it has first been sterilized using special ovens called autoclaves that kill all microbes and viruses with high-pressure steam.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
Updated May 15, 2025 11:13 AM Local NC nonprofit pays drug users to get sterilized.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
Eradicating the disease is possible through a technique in which male screwworm flies are sterilized and then released into the environment to mate with females until the population dies out.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 12 May 2025
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2025
Nothing that comes in contact with infectious agents may be thrown away until it has first been sterilized using special ovens called autoclaves that kill all microbes and viruses with high-pressure steam.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
Updated May 15, 2025 11:13 AM Local NC nonprofit pays drug users to get sterilized.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
Eradicating the disease is possible through a technique in which male screwworm flies are sterilized and then released into the environment to mate with females until the population dies out.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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With compounded drugs, licensed pharmacists alter, mix or combine ingredients of a drug to customize medicines.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Decreasing the available calories isn’t the only way climate change is altering food, however.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
28 June 2025
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He is neutered, microchipped, fully vaccinated and dewormed.—
Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
3 July 2025
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He's neutered, heartworm negative, and ready to go home for an adoption fee of $100.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 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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Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
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For me, kilts, pearls, shirts on the head, these are all things that were meant to be like, emasculated and meant to look feminine.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Women in these relationships were cast as disruptors of traditional gender roles, while men in these relationships were portrayed as emasculated.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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The current rumors are that Apple is willing to pay upwards of $20 billion for a startup to fix its AI strategy—potentially its largest acquisition ever.—
R. Scott Raynovich,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Turns out what landed him there wasn’t that serious: Beckham underwent a procedure to fix an old injury.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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