sterilized

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Another group of eight aging mice served as controls and received sterilized fecal material instead.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

All of his belongings, including his favorite blanket, were sterilized.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The government said the emissions are part and parcel of protecting people from “lethal or significantly debilitating infections that would result without properly sterilized medical equipment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 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

By the time the program was considered complete at the end of 17 months, 3 % billion artificially reared, sterilized flies had been released over Florida and sections of Georgia and Alabama.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson