sterile
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He doesn’t make the process feel sterile or emotionless, but gets the job done while treating the craft with care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
I find newer stores are sterile, cheaply designed efficiency factories to get customers in and out at record pace, where patrons could go 10 trips without speaking to another person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Treatment may involve intravenous administration, inhalation, a nasal spray, or application through a sterile hydrogel.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies, you can’t get a drug without a prescription, certainly not a sterile injectable drug.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The cabin was dark and damp, the usual smell of mold clung to every surface, but I would have taken that over the Infirmary’s clean, sterile stench any day.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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