sterile
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Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies, you can’t get a drug without a prescription, certainly not a sterile injectable drug.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
For most of Sunday, police maintained a sterile zone between the two sides, while officers repeatedly called on protesters to disperse.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
During the 1950s, officials carried out one of the most successful biological control campaigns in history using a method known as the sterile insect technique.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
After being told she was sterile, Bonino got pregnant aged 27.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The crusade to create a chemically sterile, insect-free world seems to have engendered a fanatic zeal on the part of many specialists and most of the so-called control agencies.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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