sterilized

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

All of his belongings, including his favorite blanket, were sterilized.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

One theory was that a specific piece of equipment—a drill that Acer used on all the patients—wasn’t properly sterilized.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors formally apologized in 2018 to all women forcibly sterilized at County-USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Frustrated, he lowered the dose—and found that he had now sterilized them.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee