as in altered
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as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
desex the baby chickens destined for market
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Adjective
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Newcastle are now in an altered landscape, the final proof of which is surely navigating a way past the kind of mid-ranking Premier League team — including Brentford away — which have often tripped them up this season.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025 -
Even the artists themselves often cannot distinguish the altered version from the original when viewed side by side.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Corporate entities dealing in health care need to be fixed, without condemning the dedicated people who strive for the betterment of the patient.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Dec. 2024
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This broken system needs to be fixed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Her dance team performances were supplanted with physical therapy, and high school classrooms replaced with sterile examination rooms.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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That's due in large part to Chad's fragile health system and is compounded by the many Chadian women who don't have access to a safe and sterile place to deliver.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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An older study from 2009 showed that velvet bean extract improved hormone levels and increased sperm count and motility in infertile men.21 Yohimbe Extract Studies have shown that yohimbe extract or yohimbine has been shown to cause smooth muscle relaxation.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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Factors such as genetic disorders and biology put Jews at a much higher risk of being infertile compared with the national average.—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Desexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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