sanitary

adjective

ˈsa-nə-ˌter-ē How to pronounce sanitary (audio)
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as in sterile
free from filth, infection, or dangers to health the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldn't get sick

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Recent Examples of sanitary It’s been more than a century since the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act, which aimed to ensure the sanitary preparation of food. — Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 1 Mar. 2025 As part of the moves, Zuckerberg eliminated diversity initiatives in the workplace — something that Trump had criticized — and removed sanitary products from the men’s bathrooms, which had been provided for transgender and nonbinary employees who may have required them. — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025 The women alleged the department’s lack of sanitary pumping places caused several of them to develop mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025 It was designed to divert both sanitary and stormwater flow from Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs and has a capacity of just under 8 billion gallons. — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sanitary

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“Sanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitary. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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