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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilizes
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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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By way of example, Morris points to a scene in Wiseman's 1993 documentary Zoo, in which an all-women surgical team at Miami zoo castrates a wolf.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Sterilizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilizes. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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