as in altered
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as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
desex the baby chickens destined for market
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Adjective
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Even the artists themselves often cannot distinguish the altered version from the original when viewed side by side.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025 -
Newcastle are now in an altered landscape, the final proof of which is surely navigating a way past the kind of mid-ranking Premier League team — including Brentford away — which have often tripped them up this season.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some loud noises are the result of an overloaded or unbalanced washer, which can be fixed by taking out or repositioning some of the laundry to balance the load.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Mar. 2025
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Some situations, like a loose or broken hose, can be fixed relatively easily by the average DIYer, but washing machines also have a series of internal hoses, seals, and fixtures that could need to be tightened, repaired, or replaced by an appliance repair professional.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Avoid sterile, clinical environments that can be intimidating.—
Ajay Prasad,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Pitt is set in Pittsburgh, not Chicago, and the season unfolds in real time, with overlapping crises ratcheting up tension as the cast careens around the sterile white set.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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One in six people globally are infertile, however fertility treatments—including IVF—remain underfunded and inaccessible thanks largely to high costs and time-consuming treatment.—
Pamela Jew,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The move would be to the island's infertile interior, which was left uninhabitable due to extensive phosphate mining from the 1900s onwards, which was exported for fertilizer for about 100 years.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Desexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexed. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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