sterile
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During the 1950s, officials carried out one of the most successful biological control campaigns in history using a method known as the sterile insect technique.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
After being told she was sterile, Bonino got pregnant aged 27.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Or in the sterile, professional confines of SoFi Stadium, where Jarmond would have the Bruins playing this season if the city of Pasadena hadn’t disputed the move in court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The archaeologists built sterile, temporary structures with temperature and humidity controls, and lowered experts clad in head-to-toe medical gowns into the pits atop bedlike platforms so as to minimize contact with the artifacts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Not sterile, of course, but I had just spent the day cooking clothes in lye soap and water.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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