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Recent Examples of sterilize
To prolong your bouquet, follow these tips: Clean and sterilize vases to remove wilt-causing bacteria.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Despite health risks, raw milk consumption in the United States is rising, especially with advocates like new health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Some experts say the high-proof alcohol may counteract pathogens, but would not sterilize the milk.
—Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
North Carolina sterilized more than 7,000 people between the 1920s and the 1970s.
—Essence, 13 Feb. 2025
Sterilization technician This worker might be found in larger clinics or in a separate facility, charged with sterilizing the instruments used in patient care.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Despite health risks, raw milk consumption in the United States is rising, especially with advocates like new health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Some experts say the high-proof alcohol may counteract pathogens, but would not sterilize the milk.
—Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
North Carolina sterilized more than 7,000 people between the 1920s and the 1970s.
—Essence, 13 Feb. 2025
Sterilization technician This worker might be found in larger clinics or in a separate facility, charged with sterilizing the instruments used in patient care.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilize
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Changing any of this would fundamentally alter the experience in a negative way.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Morris jumpstarted an online career from the memes, altering her career path.—
Sara Belcher,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Meowing can also be hormonal; in this case, getting your cat neutered or spayed can avoid the issue.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Some critics also worry that an elimination could neuter federal mandates for programs like Title I, which funds schools in low-income areas.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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The victims are all male, the corpses all castrated, and each crime scene is signed with lines of poetry by the Argentinean writer Alejandra Pizarnik.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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She was castrated and now lives with us.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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This is taking programs that people depend on to save lives and emasculating them.—
Selina Wang,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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On the downside, the show has some terrible notions about Jewish women that play into controlling and emasculating stereotypes.—
Nina Metz,
The Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2024
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To fix a bland soup, try reducing the liquid, adding more seasoning, or mixing in an acid like lemon juice or vinegar.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2025
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Other ways to fix bland soup include adding umami, fat, or sweetness.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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