Example Sentences

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Sterilizing medical equipment is essential for modern healthcare, but the process generates a substantial public health risk.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2023

Sterilizing immunity for COVID-19 would be ideal, because it would reduce the risk of people with minimal symptoms spreading the infection widely.

From Nature • Aug. 16, 2020

Sterilizing Human Waste, No Electricity Required How would you sterilize 35 liters of poop?

From Science Magazine • Jul. 12, 2013

Sterilizing the skull, he placed it on an artificial neck made out of a curtain pole shaved down to fit the opening of the spinal column.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sterilizing, processing, boiling and cooking are all interchangeable terms and mean one and the same thing.

From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall