sterilized
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Huge numbers of male flies were sterilized with radiation and released into the environment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
That means the fish aren’t sterilized by cooking before they are packaged and sealed.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
In 2024, the district launched its pilot, releasing nearly 600,000 sterilized males in two Sunland-Tujunga neighborhoods over about five months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
Academically, the fact that insects could be sterilized by exposure to X-ray had been known since 1916, when an entomologist by the name of G. A. Runner reported such sterilization of cigarette beetles.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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