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sterilize

[ster-uh-lahyz] / ˈstɛr əˌlaɪz /


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There are other methods to sterilize male mosquitoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

We press that mash, sterilize it by heating, bottle it and ship it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

“In this case, it is possible that Cesium-137 food irradiators were used in the processing facilities which are being used to sterilize food and instruments,” Vetter said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025

The easiest way to kill off the tardigrades, the researchers argue, would be to sterilize the entire planet, adding 5.6 × 1026 J of energy to make the oceans boil off.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

“She didn’t sterilize the instruments. And a patient came and I had nothing to use. She humiliated me.”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

This innovative technology sterilizes the crops, promoting plant growth without the use of chemical fertilizers.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, is also investigating possible workplace health risks within the Vernon facility, which sterilizes more than 45 million essential medical devices and other items every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

She also sterilizes the empty jars in the oven before filling, but doesn’t believe it’s necessary to sterilize the bands or lids beforehand.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021

Circulating at 380 degrees, this steam not only heats the buildings, saving the cost of bulky on-site boilers, but also sterilizes the hospitals’ surgical instruments.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2019

Anthony Trollope is a most perfect example of the exact correctness that sterilizes in its own immaculate chastity.

From The Delicious Vice by Young Ewing Allison

The agency also spearheaded the construction of fly-sterilization plants in Texas, which are designed to release sterilized New World screwworm flies into the wild and mitigate reproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

That means the fish aren’t sterilized by cooking before they are packaged and sealed.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

Another group of eight aging mice served as controls and received sterilized fecal material instead.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

This May, the district is set for the third year in a row to release legions of sterilized male mosquitoes — which don’t bite — into parts of Sunland-Tujunga.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

On March 29, 1924, with Priddy’s help, the Virginia Senate authorized eugenic sterilization within the state as long as the person to be sterilized had been screened by the “Boards of Mental-health institutions.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For decades, the U.S. has maintained a program in which these flies are bred in a lab, bathed in sterilizing radiation and released around Panama, which prevents the insect from creeping northward.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

The most effective strategy involved sterilizing about 22% of adult female koalas each year in areas with the highest population densities rather than applying the approach across the entire region.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

She’s grateful that she had already secured a second job sterilizing medical equipment for 3,000 pesos a month at a nearby clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Because when doctors and dentists practiced universal precautions—like wearing gloves and properly sterilizing their equipment—there was almost no risk of HIV transmission.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

“The cost of sterilizing them would be prohibitive,” Fowler added.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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