neuter
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The new city budget, which took effect July 1, includes a $1-million increase in the spay and neuter budget, bringing the total to $6.5 million for animal sterilizations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Others also neuter stray cats and dogs to stop their populations from growing.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
His legislation would also provide free vaccinations and spay or neuter services to the felines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
To admit facts but strip them of consequence is to neuter the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness standard.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
Factum, the neuter past participle, means ‘that which has been done’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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As a key oil producer, Saudi Arabia is relied upon to surge output and stabilize markets during crises, but any physical degradation of its export capacity neuters this critical fail-safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The group feeds, spays and neuters cats, and places them into adoption.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
It truly does set you free because it neuters the power of others’ narratives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Those feelings of rage, and how the bully behaves, neuters and neutralizes them.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2022
The work of the hive is done by the neuters.
From Under the Maples by John Burroughs
During the COVID-19 lockdown, Blair said shelters closed their doors because the facilities were deemed nonessential, and as a result, many animals were not spayed and neutered and many were left on the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“The IRS is neutered right now,” Granado-Gomez said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Such clout also made Zhang a potential alternate power center to Xi, who has routinely neutered even latent threats to his dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
She also opposes public funds being given to business owners rather than low-income families who want their cats spayed or neutered.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
To my knowledge, no other cat or dog in Coalwood had ever been neutered before.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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These would include vet visits, mandatory spaying or neutering, and ensuring the cats have sufficient food, water and a safe place to sleep.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Last spring, the Newsom administration was accused of neutering the regulations that CalRecycle had initially proposed to implement the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
"Many owners say they cannot afford training or neutering," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
They specifically looked at the correlation between neutering or spaying a dog before 1 year of age and a dog's risk of developing certain cancers.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
This past February, Dunn’s shelter held a clinic for spaying and neutering outdoor cats.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2024