neuter
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The value of free spay and neuter vouchers for pets increased last year from $70 to $120 for cats but the budget allocated for them did not, so fewer vouchers were issued overall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
She added: "Even for a working family that is doing okay, to neuter, chip and vaccinate a cat you're looking at over £200. That's not something to be taken lightly."
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 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
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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
Of these some few are neuters, as Glorior, I boast.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech
The need to constantly charge the battery has neutered many of the best corners on many of F1's greatest tracks, reducing them to what Fernando Alonso has called "charging stations".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
Alas, their comically neutered immaturity has grown-up consequences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Maybe it’s steerish, a steer being a neutered bull.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
To my knowledge, no other cat or dog in Coalwood had ever been neutered before.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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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 mere threat of that — of publicly and explicitly neutering the Senate — could be enough for the GOP caucus to get in line.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
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
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