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sterilize

[ster-uh-lahyz] / ˈstɛr əˌlaɪz /


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We press that mash, sterilize it by heating, bottle it and ship it out.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Kluh’s district uses X-rays to sterilize males but there are other methods, such as using genetically modified insects or ones infected with bacteria.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2026

To address the overpopulation problem, county officials have approved new deals with a local nonprofit to help sterilize and relocate many of the pint-size equines to sanctuaries.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2025

We cannot even think much about how to sterilize water before drinking it, because there is no cooking gas and no wood to light a fire.

From Slate Oct. 22, 2024

He wanted to take control of the building and sterilize it, but he didn’t want lawsuits.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

He noted that one machine his team is working on — a smart steamer that sterilizes soil — can be used near schools, where people don’t want “nasty chemical stuff.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2024

This innovative technology sterilizes the crops, promoting plant growth without the use of chemical fertilizers.

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2024

She also sterilizes the empty jars in the oven before filling, but doesn’t believe it’s necessary to sterilize the bands or lids beforehand.

From Washington Post Aug. 26, 2021

Circulating at 380 degrees, this steam not only heats the buildings, saving the cost of bulky on-site boilers, but also sterilizes the hospitals’ surgical instruments.

From Seattle Times Mar. 14, 2019

"She is simply mad on the subject of germs, and sterilizes or filters everything in the house."

From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher

The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The Silicon Valley-based tech giant is seeking to release up to 64 million sterilized male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years, according to a notice in the Federal Register.

From Los Angeles Times 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

Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The most effective strategy involved sterilizing about 22% of adult female koalas each year in areas with the highest population densities rather than applying the approach across the entire region.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

She’s grateful that she had already secured a second job sterilizing medical equipment for 3,000 pesos a month at a nearby clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Because when doctors and dentists practiced universal precautions—like wearing gloves and properly sterilizing their equipment—there was almost no risk of HIV transmission.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2025

The sterilizing process isn’t that different from microwaving a frozen dinner.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 2024

There was a magnifying glass, plus a little bowl of sterilizing fluid.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin




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