sterile

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Scientists recovered a very small but partial match to Quinn from a part of the device that had been sterile before it had been used and had not been touched since.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In habeas doctrine, the danger has always been that federal review becomes so deferential that even substantial constitutional claims are transformed into sterile questions of state-court reasonableness.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Scientists used germ-free mouse models, which are raised in completely sterile conditions without any bacteria.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

Behind the glass of a sterile room, two employees in full protective suits could be seen extracting an insulin component from a large vat to send a test sample to a customer.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Life not only formed the soil, but other living things of incredible abundance and diversity now exist within it; if this were not so the soil would be a dead and sterile thing.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson