as in altered
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as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered
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Adjective
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The one on eBay looked altered, with such additional features as shoulder straps, a sash across the waist and more intricate beading.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025 -
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley – An exploration of altered states of consciousness.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Corporate entities dealing in health care need to be fixed, without condemning the dedicated people who strive for the betterment of the patient.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Dec. 2024
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This broken system needs to be fixed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Her dance team performances were supplanted with physical therapy, and high school classrooms replaced with sterile examination rooms.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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That's due in large part to Chad's fragile health system and is compounded by the many Chadian women who don't have access to a safe and sterile place to deliver.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And Musk’s theatricalities are impotent: Government spending will grow as long as baby boomers continue to retire, the population ages and Congress continues to enlarge the national debt with gargantuan budget deficits.—
George Will,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2025
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This Gilded Age rule—that those who act violently against individuals inherit the mantle of religious martyrdom, while those who act practically to improve a system are dismissed as impotent proceduralists—is visible in the continued appeal of the anarchist imagination.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Neutered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neutered. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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