sterile
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Senior officers devised a sterile buffer zone between Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
He has gutted the bathroom attached to the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House’s private quarters, altering its green Art Deco tile work to a sterile marble with gold fixtures.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
The material was then dialyzed, sterile filtered, and freeze dried.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
Mr. Armitage writes with a poet’s mastery of rhythm and rupture, refusing both the sterile fidelity of the scholar and the vulgar opportunism of the adapter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Of course before we ate them, we had to wash the potassium off with sterile water because potassium was poisonous.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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