as in sexless
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Recent Examples of neuter
A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In male dogs, neutering can reduce aggression, wanderlust, and both prostatic and perineal issues later in life.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Under the contract, KC Pet Project would be tasked with caring for animals that enter the campus, performing spay and neuter surgeries, adopting out animals and providing maintenance and repairs up to $100,000, among other tasks.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Doing that enabled Russia to make its political demands—neutering the Ukrainian state through caps on the size of its army and changing its constitution—a precondition to peace.
—A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In male dogs, neutering can reduce aggression, wanderlust, and both prostatic and perineal issues later in life.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Boynton said the state needs more low-cost spay and neuter locations.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Under the contract, KC Pet Project would be tasked with caring for animals that enter the campus, performing spay and neuter surgeries, adopting out animals and providing maintenance and repairs up to $100,000, among other tasks.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuter
Verb
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This street corner was forever altered on May 25, 2020, when Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, suffocating and killing him.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
23 May 2025
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Also: Glass skin is an unattainable idea, as not even the best prescription retinol on the market can alter the pore size you were born with. 3.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Especially when contrasted against those boring (mostly) sexless Jedi.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Compared to the usual Tudor fare, the film is a sexless showcase of thespianism, from Robert Shaw’s wildly charismatic but mercurial Henry to Orson Welles’s scowling Cardinal Wolsey.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
18 June 2024
Verb
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Columnist George Skelton asks, Is Kamala Harris the best option to fix California’s problems?—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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But the systems that seem fixed are actually software that can be rewritten.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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Whether a reaction to the third film’s box office or to the controversies that have surrounded Cruise’s personal life for decades, Ethan went from romantic lead to vaguely asexual.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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Fans have interpreted Murderbot as asexual, gender-fluid and on the autism spectrum.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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“Neuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuter. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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