neuter
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Others also neuter stray cats and dogs to stop their populations from growing.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
A German listener can instantly narrow the options, ruling out masculine or neuter singular nouns.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026
His legislation would also provide free vaccinations and spay or neuter services to the felines.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
To admit facts but strip them of consequence is to neuter the Fourth Amendment’s reasonableness standard.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2025
To make hybrids, Mendel had to first neuter each flower by snipping off the anthers—emasculating it—and then transfer the orange blush of pollen from one flower to another.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
As a key oil producer, Saudi Arabia is relied upon to surge output and stabilize markets during crises, but any physical degradation of its export capacity neuters this critical fail-safe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The group feeds, spays and neuters cats, and places them into adoption.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
It truly does set you free because it neuters the power of others’ narratives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Those feelings of rage, and how the bully behaves, neuters and neutralizes them.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2022
Among the colonial insects there arise, in addition to males and females, sexless individuals known as neuters.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Oscar Hertwig
During the COVID-19 lockdown, Blair said shelters closed their doors because the facilities were deemed nonessential, and as a result, many animals were not spayed and neutered and many were left on the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Spa has a reputation as one of the greatest race tracks on the planet, but this weekend's grand prix has confirmed fears that the new engines introduced this year have neutered much of its challenge.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“The IRS is neutered right now,” Granado-Gomez said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Such clout also made Zhang a potential alternate power center to Xi, who has routinely neutered even latent threats to his dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Not pure merchandise as formerly but livestock: bred, neutered.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
An animal rescue centre says it has seen an increase in cat families being abandoned due to rising costs and a lack of neutering.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
These would include vet visits, mandatory spaying or neutering, and ensuring the cats have sufficient food, water and a safe place to sleep.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
Last spring, the Newsom administration was accused of neutering the regulations that CalRecycle had initially proposed to implement the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
The Harts said their updated guidelines emphasize the importance of personalized decisions regarding the neutering of dogs, considering the dog's breed, sex and context.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
This past February, Dunn’s shelter held a clinic for spaying and neutering outdoor cats.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2024
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