sterile
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We also watched a nurse rummage through a medical waste disposal box without sterile gloves.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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
It relies on an innovative "cage-in-cage" sterile housing system developed by Rodriguez-Palacios, a rare capability that enabled this work.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
Strict temperature controls and workers in protective suits ensure that medicines are handled under sterile conditions and in guaranteed cold chains.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
The clink of surgical steel, the crackle of sterile paper and then, dangling in front of me, a freezer-sized Ziploc.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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