sterilized

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The agency also spearheaded the construction of fly-sterilization plants in Texas, which are designed to release sterilized New World screwworm flies into the wild and mitigate reproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 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

This May, the district is set for the third year in a row to release legions of sterilized male mosquitoes — which don’t bite — into parts of Sunland-Tujunga.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Once she’d sterilized the cubicle, she lit a Bunsen burner and used its flame to sterilize test tubes and a used scalpel blade, since the Gey lab couldn’t afford new ones for each sample.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot