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sterility

[stuh-ril-i-tee] / stəˈrɪl ɪ ti /
NOUN
infertility
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The settings do not merely suggest sterility but concentrate the mind on the performers’ fascinating countenances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We can’t stop the black market. So I think it’s a better choice to at least guarantee the quality, the sterility, and require that real doctors are part of the process,” he said later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Friedkin’s movie shifted people’s perceptions about fear and played with longstanding ideas about the nuclear family and religious ideology, themes that were starting to be contested and debated as America moved further from ’50s-era sterility.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

PPE Medpro's spokesperson claimed that the company itself did not undertake the technical work of liaising with manufacturers in China, including quality control and sterility assurance levels.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

I head north on University Avenue, past the sterility of hospitals, along the old route of the Santa Claus Parade.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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