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sanitary

[san-i-ter-ee] / ˈsæn ɪˌtɛr i /


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Sanitary Commission was paid for by contributions from the public; it was also, at first, opposed by the hidebound Army Medical Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Sanitary and medical attention were also areas of concern noted in the inspection.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Another trending phrase that has caught on amid the blowback encapsulates the outrage: "Sanitary pads yield a centimetre; women yield for a lifetime."

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

There is a single year-round connection between those two main watersheds of eastern North America: the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2023

Sanitary or unsanitary, plague or no plague, to black boys and girls my age the yard was a paradise playground.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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