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Recent Examples of sterilize
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).
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
It was meant to sterilize camels but had a stimulating effect on women 16 to 32.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
Select a pair of sharp secateurs to take your cuttings and sterilize the blades with rubbing alcohol or a 10% bleach solution.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Also, be sure to sterilize pruners used to make the cuts between palms.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
It was meant to sterilize camels but had a stimulating effect on women 16 to 32.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
Select a pair of sharp secateurs to take your cuttings and sterilize the blades with rubbing alcohol or a 10% bleach solution.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
Also, be sure to sterilize pruners used to make the cuts between palms.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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Oil had permanently altered California’s coast.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Users can tweak structural parameter configuration files to suit different bamboo airframe designs without altering the core control algorithms, making advanced UAV technology more accessible.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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With the consolidation of the Guards, elections, including presidential elections, have been neutered.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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The cats were spayed, neutered and vaccinated before being returned their original location.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 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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After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 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 hand sink and three-compartment sink in the produce prep area have been fixed and are fully operational, allowing the area to reopen for food production.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Doing your job, even if that job requires fixing his mistakes, isn’t enabling.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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