sterile
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"Due to poorly-planned development, the overuse of pesticides and the practice of creating sterile and lifeless outdoor spaces, wildlife is now disappearing and people are becoming disconnected from nature." said Surrey Wildlife Trust's Claire Harris.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
In habeas doctrine, the danger has always been that federal review becomes so deferential that even substantial constitutional claims are transformed into sterile questions of state-court reasonableness.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Scientists used germ-free mouse models, which are raised in completely sterile conditions without any bacteria.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Built of cold, modern concrete, it stands as a permanent, if somewhat sterile, monument to a difficult past, with my grandfather’s name inscribed in the center.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
He looked too alien, too sterile, too humorless.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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