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Recent Examples of infertile The program left more than 250,000 Andean women infertile. Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024 There are approximately 13 million infertile women in the US, but only about 600,000 (5%) have access to IVF care. Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 From ancient Greece to medieval Europe, infertile men enlisted lovers for their wives in order to continue their lineage. Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024 This is true even if you’ve been previously diagnosed as infertile (unless your doctor tells you otherwise). Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for infertile 
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Adjective
  • Because isn’t that what effectively happens to an innie who will never again awaken in a sterile elevator?
    Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Harm reduction reduces the risks associated with drug use, including overdose and the spread of infectious diseases, by providing free syringe service programs, overdose prevention sites, fentanyl tests, naloxone kits and training and sterile injection or smoking equipment.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • California officials are proposing making looting during a local emergency a felony, as wildfires continue to blaze through parts of their state, leaving barren neighborhoods susceptible to such crime.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In one glance, an observer can see the barren, airless lunar surface and a cold, desert planet that once harbored rivers, lakes, and potentially life, all while standing on our own planet, an oasis in the cosmos.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.
    Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After the twinkling lights of the holiday season have been packed away, winter can feel downright dull and desolate, especially for families with energetic kids trapped inside by the cold.
    Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Guatemala, a small, impoverished nation scarred by a brutal civil war, has a substantial undocumented population in the United States.
    Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The workshop's initial mission was to provide a trade for widows and other impoverished Palestinian women.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Texans’ offensive line was mostly poor this season, unable to consistently protect Stroud.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Understand that poor sleep hygiene can negatively impact the quantity and quality of sleep.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Infertile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertile. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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