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Adjective
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Rockets and satellites were historically mostly built in massive, sterile places where engineers in Tyvek suits moved cautiously around intricate components.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Intelligence Profiles That Foster Innovation At GAIME Conference, creativity is the focus, not sterile conference rooms.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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None of the cats had been spayed or neutered.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The original meme shows an altered version of Lovato’s face with what appears to be a strange buzzcut-combover hairdo.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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The technology used included altered shuffling machines that could read the decks, X-ray machines that could read cards through the table when placed face down, and glasses with hidden cameras.—
Colin Meyn,
The Hill,
24 Oct. 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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“Sterilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilized. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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