sterile
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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
“Case” unfolds in the sterile office of a mortgage broker in Twin Falls, Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Depending on what is ordered, copycat retatrutide can arrive needing to be mixed with sterile, bacteriostatic water which requires various calculations.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
It is this interaction of the elements which makes living creatures possible, and without it the universe would be sterile.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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