as in sterile
free from filth, infection, or dangers to health
the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldn't get sick
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According to Busch, keeping dryer vents clean, isn’t just a matter of being sanitary, but allows dryers to work efficiently and, more importantly, lowers the risk of fire.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
It’s been more than a century since the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act, which aimed to ensure the sanitary preparation of food.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 1 Mar. 2025
As part of the moves, Zuckerberg eliminated diversity initiatives in the workplace — something that Trump had criticized — and removed sanitary products from the men’s bathrooms, which had been provided for transgender and nonbinary employees who may have required them.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The women alleged the department’s lack of sanitary pumping places caused several of them to develop mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
It’s been more than a century since the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act, which aimed to ensure the sanitary preparation of food.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 1 Mar. 2025
As part of the moves, Zuckerberg eliminated diversity initiatives in the workplace — something that Trump had criticized — and removed sanitary products from the men’s bathrooms, which had been provided for transgender and nonbinary employees who may have required them.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The women alleged the department’s lack of sanitary pumping places caused several of them to develop mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sanitary
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“Sanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitary. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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