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Adjective
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The result is a sterile carousel of clubs at the top.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 May 2026 -
Visitors can see Mission Control, where teams watch every Mars landing live, and the sterile labs where the next generation of spacecraft are being built.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Verb
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Most shelter animals are already spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The shelter noted in its Facebook post that dogs eligible for free adoption will be spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
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By gaining new traits, these altered organisms might pose a novel invasion threat to Earth, if introduced through the transfer and insecure containment of contaminated samples.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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Schar, the 34-year-old centre-half, had been expected to leave, but has been offered an extension (reflecting an altered squad status and a drop in salary) and talks between Newcastle and his camp are ongoing.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Verb
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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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After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 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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“Sterilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilized. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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