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Recent Examples of neuter
ABC News, 8 May 2026
San Joaquin County leaders are considering a proposal that would require pets taken into shelters to be spayed or neutered before being returned to their owners.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 5 May 2026
Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
In Saluda County, South Carolina, the emergency management director said his team of six is responsible for everything from the county’s IT department to a spay and neuter program.
—Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Still, even an unsuccessful appeal would let Democrats try to blame their failure on the conservative majority that dominates the nation's highest court, which has already infuriated the party and civil rights groups by neutering the Voting Rights Act.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
San Joaquin County leaders are considering a proposal that would require pets taken into shelters to be spayed or neutered before being returned to their owners.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 5 May 2026
Adjective
Paws for a Cause Vet Care of Naperville was one of several animal welfare organizations in the Chicago area to provide free spay and neuter surgeries to help control outdoor cat populations.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
In Saluda County, South Carolina, the emergency management director said his team of six is responsible for everything from the county’s IT department to a spay and neuter program.
—Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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Now, the qualifying procedure — which was already slightly altered from previous years — is getting altered again.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The dermatology and wellness center blends functional and aesthetic medicine to offer treatments designed to enhance natural features rather than dramatically alter them.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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But the whiff of queerness is a red herring — this Hamlet is too sexless to swing in any particular direction.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
5 May 2026
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All told, the pursuit of finding love through a swipe has created a generation of burned out, sexless singles distrustful of dating apps.—
Jason Parham,
Wired News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Newhouse acquired the Pollock in 2000 for an undisclosed sum from then-Sotheby’s owner Alfred Taubman, who was facing hefty legal fees from his price-fixing scandal.—
Julie Brener Davich,
ARTnews.com,
19 May 2026
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Despite opening foreign properties like the Michelangelo in New York’s Midtown district in 1992, taking over the Hotel Castille in Paris in 2005 and The Gore, The Pelham and The Franklin in London in 2014, the focus for the group remains fixed on Italy.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Hull faces 15 counts of possession of child asexual abuse material.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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As absurd as any religion, people have to believe in the miracle of Jackson being this asexual, pure being who only wished good for little children and helped them.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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