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Recent Examples of neuter
Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Lawmakers finalized a bill that would shift transportation funding in a bid to neuter a coming ballot measure.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
In Saluda County, South Carolina, the emergency management director said his team of six is responsible for everything from the county’s IT department to a spay and neuter program.
—Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Verb
That cost includes electricity costs, vaccines/spay and neutering, and staffing, Webber said.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Lawmakers finalized a bill that would shift transportation funding in a bid to neuter a coming ballot measure.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
Adjective
The bill would also create an animal protection fund to help support the registry and local spay-and-neuter programs.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
In Saluda County, South Carolina, the emergency management director said his team of six is responsible for everything from the county’s IT department to a spay and neuter program.
—Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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According to Beemiller, alcohol alters appetite-regulating signals and affects the brain’s reward circuits.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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Schools would be taking a big hit too, but legislators altered the plan to protect them from what would have been severe tax cuts.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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But the whiff of queerness is a red herring — this Hamlet is too sexless to swing in any particular direction.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
5 May 2026
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All told, the pursuit of finding love through a swipe has created a generation of burned out, sexless singles distrustful of dating apps.—
Jason Parham,
Wired News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Congressional assistance in the bid to fix college sports could be headed back to the drawing board.—
Fisher Isbell,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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Except from one small group, who spied the women coming out of the pool and seemed to fix on them with special focus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Purple is for the entire asexual community, and white is for sexuality.—
Nicole Harris,
Parents,
2 June 2026
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Also known as asexual reproduction, propagating fruits and vegetables allows gardeners to bypass difficult seed germination.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
31 May 2026
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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