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neuters

verb

present tense third-person singular of neuter

as in alters

to remove the sex organs of agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered

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Recent Examples of neuters On the chance Prop 40 passes, Prop 42 also effectively neuters the other measure by preventing any new retroactive tax, as 40 does. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

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In that scene, Rhys Harries impressively alters his own features without makeup.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Researchers have confirmed that the ultrashort laser pulse alters the magnetic order of an iron layer.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

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If a customer fixes an address but later messages or decisions still use the old one, the correction may not have reached every system.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The gas used in the Holocaust used the same industrial chemistry that fixes nitrogen for the fertilizer that feeds most of the world.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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