sterile
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“Case” unfolds in the sterile office of a mortgage broker in Twin Falls, Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The first is the sky above the sterile lab in Montpellier, southern France, where the device -- part of a nanosatellite -- will soon be soaring.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Depending on what is ordered, copycat retatrutide can arrive needing to be mixed with sterile, bacteriostatic water which requires various calculations.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Though a thoroughly modern man, Keynes shared the ancient hostility to the supposedly sterile activity of “making money out of money.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The building is so dreary and sterile that it almost looks like a prison.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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