as in to alter
to remove the sex organs of desex the baby chickens destined for market

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  • The photo, along with its metadata are hashed so it can't be altered.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Companies face the choice of making costly, long-term investment decisions amid Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff policies, which the White House has altered numerous times since Trump took office, some analysts said.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 July 2025
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  • The reality is, though, that no one player or one roster move is going to fix this stretch.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 26 July 2025
  • This could be fixed with a manual publishing option, but even the ability to create an Under Construction page would be preferable to the current setup.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
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“Desex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desex. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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