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sterilized

ADJECTIVE
completely clean
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The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

That means the fish aren’t sterilized by cooking before they are packaged and sealed.

From Salon May 28, 2026

Another group of eight aging mice served as controls and received sterilized fecal material instead.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

The government said the emissions are part and parcel of protecting people from “lethal or significantly debilitating infections that would result without properly sterilized medical equipment.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

In the bathroom two water tumblers were sealed in cellophane sacks with the words: “These glasses are sterilized for your protection.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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