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Recent Examples of sterilize
Use a sharp knife or pruners that have been sterilized with alcohol.
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Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
The acid of the lemons will sterilize the grill and cut the grease off.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
Too many neurodivergent individuals have been bullied, sterilized, and even killed.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
With climate change threatening to make the situation worse, researchers are hoping to sterilize millions of moths a day with radiation and drop them from airplanes.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
The acid of the lemons will sterilize the grill and cut the grease off.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
Too many neurodivergent individuals have been bullied, sterilized, and even killed.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
With climate change threatening to make the situation worse, researchers are hoping to sterilize millions of moths a day with radiation and drop them from airplanes.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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Commission Chair Jerry Langley subsequently made a motion to deny the application in its entirety instead of opting to alter the application via a commission vote.Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The question remains whether to do this by traditional means: raising interest rates, potentially higher and faster than is currently priced in; or altering capital regulations to reverse Japan’s NIIP.Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Behavior-modifying collars have neutered the zombie threat, and zombies have become worker-pets in most suburban homes.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
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Pumpernickel is neutered, licensed, microchipped and current on vaccinations.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2024
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In 1952, Turing was prosecuted for homosexual acts, a criminal offense at the time, and chose to be chemically castrated instead of serving prison time.Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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According to the memorandum and witness testimony, Clark attempted to castrate herself in her cell.Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
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Only Adam is so emasculated by the stick, and Peter unwilling to do anything on the day’s shoot other than nod — as previously agreed — that the scene goes unshot.Jack King, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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Alternately, this man is taking good care of the home and family for his suffragist wife, but he’s thus emasculated.Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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Closing camps isn’t solving homelessness The relocation of the homeless in the San Francisco Bay Area is an issue that must be fixed.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, clicking that link fixed the problem and upped my security score by two points.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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