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Recent Examples of sterilize
Ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk: This milk is heated at very high temperatures to kill the bacteria, sterilizing the liquid.
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 18 Dec. 2024
Then it is liquefied, sterilized, and sent to huge tanks where lactic acid begins the fermentation process.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
In 2018, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors formally apologized to all the women forcibly sterilized.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Jane says that catching the cats is next to impossible, before even getting to the question of sterilizing costs.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 18 Dec. 2024
Then it is liquefied, sterilized, and sent to huge tanks where lactic acid begins the fermentation process.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
In 2018, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors formally apologized to all the women forcibly sterilized.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Jane says that catching the cats is next to impossible, before even getting to the question of sterilizing costs.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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That morning’s find altered the destiny of California.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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With climate change altering rainfall patterns and making droughts both more likely and more intense, destructive wildfires like the ones in the Los Angeles area will continue to threaten people’s lives and livelihoods, Moritz said.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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He’s been neutered, is up to date on his vaccinations and has a microchip.TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kittens should then be neutered/spayed, vaccinated and de-wormed.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Satya goes on a murdering spree, torturing and castrating and burning a man alive, but his actions are presented as justified because the men he murders do terrible things — mostly to women, who serve as disposable fodder for violence.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
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There are rumors of drivers being castrated in this manner.Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Only Adam is so emasculated by the stick, and Peter unwilling to do anything on the day’s shoot other than nod — as previously agreed — that the scene goes unshot.Jack King, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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Alternately, this man is taking good care of the home and family for his suffragist wife, but he’s thus emasculated.Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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Without the ability to update, the application won't be able to fix bugs, add features or address security concerns.Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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In essence, when a problem is fixed at a single plant or a solution is optimized in one locality, these learnings can be applied and scaled globally.Alexander Clausbruch, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Sterilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilize. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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