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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Even at clinics that accept city money for sterilizations, volunteers are obliged to pay for the antibiotics the animals might need, and most clinics charge them for vaccines as well.
    Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The teenagers soon found stories and academic studies debunking the sterilization claim.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Just like our best overall pick, this colostrum is collected 12 hours after production and uses low heat for sterilization.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 2 July 2024
  • The hospital had to send the instruments and trays out to other facilities for sterilization, closing the operating room for a week.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Facing public outcry, some resort to sterilization or even mass culling.
    Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Alternative methods of controlling the deer population, such as birth control and sterilization, have been mentioned, but the state has found these would not work.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Coercive sterilization is often talked about as an ugly part of America’s past, firmly in the realm of history.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • Despite the ban, Finland is one of twelve European countries that still mandates sterilization, and the only Scandinavian country to do so.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The Chai Box explains that the under-processing occurred during the commercial sterilization process.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Oct. 2022
  • In the area where the sterilization plant is located, 87% of the residents are people of color, and, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center, life expectancy there is about 10 years lower than the average for the county and state.
    Andy Miller, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024

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