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Recent Examples of sterile Many are born stunted, or sterile, like mules, evolutionary dead ends with no way to pass on their genes. Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 26 Feb. 2025 The rockets broke apart to release sterile microbe traps. Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025 Ultimately, the music industry should be a playground of endless discovery rather than a sterile filter bubble. Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025 The rooms sprawl before her in a series of sterile hallways that seem to never end. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sterile

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“Sterile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterile. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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