as in alters
to remove the sex organs of
desex the baby chickens destined for market
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The Illini used Thursday’s practice to get used to playing in such a large arena, which forward Jake Davis said alters depth perception a little.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026 -
This new discovery drastically alters the date of a key intellectual moment in the history of human culture—the recognition that some events in nature are random, under nobody’s control.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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This bill fixes that at zero cost to manufacturers.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI also has plans to add an adult mode for ChatGPT, but that won’t arrive until the company fixes its age-prediction system.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Desexes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexes. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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