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

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  • Gorman, however, said she is not swayed by claims of environmental stewardship, pointing to the irony of altering Mars’ atmosphere to better suit humans.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Build systems and products that directly address and fix those harms.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Yet none of this new global reality means that things are now fixed.
    John Rennie Short, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Desex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desex. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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