sterile
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Behind the glass of a sterile room, two employees in full protective suits could be seen extracting an insulin component from a large vat to send a test sample to a customer.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
The active ingredients in the drugs would be manufactured at an FDA-registered facility subject to inspection, and compounders are overseen by state boards of pharmacies to ensure sterile conditions.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
The idea is fairly simple: unleash sterile males so that they far outnumber wild ones — say, 10 to 1 or even 100 to 1.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
While the bots are getting slightly better at mimicking human cadences, AI-generated writing still reeks of the sterile laboratory where it originates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
There’s a needle and sterile thread in the first-aid supplies, but what we lack is a healer.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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