sterilized
Example Sentences
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The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Another group of eight aging mice served as controls and received sterilized fecal material instead.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
One theory was that a specific piece of equipment—a drill that Acer used on all the patients—wasn’t properly sterilized.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
That’s one of the reasons why releasing sterilized males is attractive: They’re naturally adept at finding their own kind.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
Of course, there had been no sodium pentothal, just a harmless prick with a sterilized needle.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
