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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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.
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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
The clinic provided medical care but also helped residents with rent money, food and sanitary pads.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The grant program helps investigate sanitary sewer service lines and will provide cost assistance to make the necessary improvements to reduce inflow and infiltration on private property.
—Helena Gunderson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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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
The clinic provided medical care but also helped residents with rent money, food and sanitary pads.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The grant program helps investigate sanitary sewer service lines and will provide cost assistance to make the necessary improvements to reduce inflow and infiltration on private property.
—Helena Gunderson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Sanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitary. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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