How to Use sterilization in a Sentence

sterilization

noun
  • The tank is stainless steel, which means it can be placed on the stovetop to boil with water for 99.9% sterilization.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Even without the sterilization of the monkeys in the sanctuary, Williams said, the colony’s long-term prospects are pretty bleak.
    David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • For Rodríguez-Trías, the fight against sterilization abuse, too, was at the heart of the struggle for reproductive rights.
    Time, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Simon said that Clifton, after five years of sterilization, did not have to take deer management steps in the sixth year.
    cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The sterilization effort takes place in the more dense, southern portion of South Euclid.
    Peter Krouse, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Sign up The research letter is the latest study to find a rise in sterilization after the Supreme Court's decision.
    Theara Coleman, theweek, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Using sterilization as a way to control insect pests isn’t a new idea.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 28 June 2023
  • Survivors of the camps have reported acts of torture, rape, and forced sterilization.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Note that this is just a bottle warmer and does not provide any other support such as sterilization.
    Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The surge in sterilization is just one of the many ways reproductive healthcare in the US has been rocked or upended by the Supreme Court's 2022 decision.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Still, many of them were tricked into abortions or sterilizations.
    Su Cici, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2016
  • Both of these sterilization techniques effectively kill pathogens on your tools and will help prevent the spread of plant diseases next spring.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
  • King said some young patients who ask about sterilization never go through with the procedure.
    Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • The mycelium is growing and then further down all the substrates mix, sterilizations in our lab to inoculate the substrate.
    Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Due to a shortage of sterilization supplies, his wounds can’t be cleaned properly.
    Abeer Salman, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
  • In 1973, the year of the Roe decision, doctors could offer only pills, diaphragms, IUDs or sterilization.
    Emily M. Godfrey, The Conversation, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Female sterilization is the most common form of contraception in the United States, but the pill is the most popular form of reversible birth control.
    Laurie McGinley, Rachel Roubein and Akilah Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
  • Spay/neuter surgeries can help, but the approach isn’t feasible for large-scale sterilization campaigns.
    Bydavid Grimm, science.org, 6 June 2023
  • The Instant Pot Pro has ten different functions, ranging from sous vide to sterilization.
    Condé Nast, WIRED, 11 July 2023
  • However, in the six months after June 2022, the number of sterilization procedures for women increased in all three groups.
    Theara Coleman, theweek, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Cats can be adopted for $60 for one cat or $80 for two, which includes all applicable tests, vaccines, sterilization and a microchip.
    Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Even when the law is strict, sterilization sometimes continues.
    Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Still, there are many convenient features, such as the fact that the collection cups can be sterilized with Medela’s microwaveable sterilization bags, a plus for pumping on the go.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 12 Oct. 2023
  • As detection tools improve, each data point further erodes the mythos of sterilization.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Five women in Japan are suing the government to lift the country’s strict sterilization restrictions.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 June 2024
  • By forcing sterilization and abortions alike on hundreds of thousands of Uighur women, China hopes to kill off the next generation of Uighurs before they’re even born.
    Casey Michel, The New Republic, 7 July 2020
  • The plan began with the sterilization of 40 hippos shortly after the November announcement, according to the AP.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Sterigenics, of course, rejects the idea that its sterilization of PPE is unnecessary.
    Peter Andrey Smith, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
  • The health risks of using ethylene oxide for sterilization are mostly to the person who is doing the task or running the sterilization equipment, added Alan.
    Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2024
  • One recent study noted that up to 5% of patients who underwent a tubal sterilization got pregnant later.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024

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