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Recent Examples of sterilize
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas, from manufacturing facilities that use it to sterilize medical devices.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
The mandate would let city officials sterilize lost or surrendered dogs that end up at city shelters without waiting for their owners’ consent.
—Alyce McFadden, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
To sterilize old pots, submerge them in a 10% bleach solution for 30 minutes.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Polio workers have been killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan, likely by the Taliban, which has alleged that vaccines are intended to sterilize Muslim children (and has denied responsibility for some of the attacks).
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
The mandate would let city officials sterilize lost or surrendered dogs that end up at city shelters without waiting for their owners’ consent.
—Alyce McFadden, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
To sterilize old pots, submerge them in a 10% bleach solution for 30 minutes.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Polio workers have been killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan, likely by the Taliban, which has alleged that vaccines are intended to sterilize Muslim children (and has denied responsibility for some of the attacks).
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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Scientists have documented that increasingly brighter nights are altering animal behavior, reproduction cycles and survival.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Finally, in overcoming this vexing moment, the two would establish a painterly repartee that altered the trajectory of their own work and, by extension, modern art.—
Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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During the intake process, staff noticed the cat had already been neutered and carried a microchip.—
Ryan Brennan
April 27,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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During intake, staff noticed Dodger had already been neutered and had a microchip.—
Ryan Brennan
April 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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If the very successful 25-year-old Coward had been caught with a man, he could have been jailed or chemically castrated.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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Justin Bieber has had multiple stalkers, including a New Mexico man and his nephew who plotted to murder and castrate the pop singer in 2013.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
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In the political sphere—an arena that’s increasingly entangled with social media—figures such as Elon Musk decry empathy as an emasculating plague.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The fast growth of legal sports betting has also ushered in a slew of prosecutions against insiders seeking to fix elements of games, such as score margins or results of individual plays.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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The law will require grocery stores to keep prices fixed for at least one business day and would ban the use of surveillance data in pricing systems.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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