sterile
Example Sentences
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The idea is fairly simple: unleash sterile males so that they far outnumber wild ones — say, 10 to 1 or even 100 to 1.
From Los Angeles Times
An estimated 50% of sterile medical devices in the U.S. are treated with ethylene oxide.
From Los Angeles Times
The aesthetic favors deliberate roughness and mistakes over a sterile, polished sheen.
From Los Angeles Times
While the bots are getting slightly better at mimicking human cadences, AI-generated writing still reeks of the sterile laboratory where it originates.
“Perhaps I cleaned too much. I worry about such things. What if I’ve made the place completely sterile? Shouldn’t a home have a bit of bacteria lying about?”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
