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Recent Examples of sterile The visual clash of serene pastoral meeting sterile corporate is remarkable. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025 Here, the sterile, ice-laden landscape is unforgiving and one mistake can cost you your life. Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025 Now, in a small hospital where soft sobs echoed off the sterile linoleum floors, Aaron Easton, the boy Sara married who grew up to be Marysville’s police chief, explained what happened: Sara had shot herself in the head. Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025 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 See all Example Sentences for sterile 

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“Sterile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterile. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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