sterilized

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The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

That means the fish aren’t sterilized by cooking before they are packaged and sealed.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 9, 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

Across the toilet seat a strip of paper bore the message: “This seat has been sterilized with ultraviolet light for your protection.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck