Thesaurus results for NEUTERING

neutering

verb

present participle of neuter

as in altering

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 neutering If fully enacted, the cuts would amount to as much as 30% of PTS’s budget, and strip almost all operational funding from TaiwanPlus, thereby neutering the broadcaster. — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 And rather than trying to be, in my view, kind of smart about how to build up a Lebanese government for the purpose of disarming and neutering Hezbollah, which is definitely in Israel’s interest, Israel has been engaged in this bombardment of Lebanon. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 June 2026 That cost includes electricity costs, vaccines/spay and neutering, and staffing, Webber said. — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026 Still, even an unsuccessful appeal would let Democrats try to blame their failure on the conservative majority that dominates the nation's highest court, which has already infuriated the party and civil rights groups by neutering the Voting Rights Act. — ABC News, 8 May 2026 The story has been decades in the making as the Colombian government tried multiple nonfatal methods of culling the hippo population, including neutering and relocating. — Carlie Procell, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 Environment Minister Irene Vélez said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population have been expensive and unsuccessful, including neutering some of the animals or moving them to zoos. — Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Environment Minister Irene Vélez said previous methods to control their population have been expensive and unsuccessful, including neutering some of the animals or moving them to zoos. — Manuel Rueda, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026 On Saturday, March 28, Sydney Sherman from Fresno Trap and Release posted on Facebook that a cat named Dodger was brought to the non-profit organization as a stray for neutering. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026

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Both approaches aim to convey more information quickly, but only paraphrasing involves altering existing language.

— Ethan Stone, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
The neutron data not only confirmed the earlier X-ray findings but also revealed new evidence without altering the ancient specimen.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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And just to take a step back, legumes are this incredible family of plants in nature that form nodules that are full of something called rhizobia, which are nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Expanding the pipeline without fixing the workplace is like pouring water into a bucket with a hole in it.

— Lynne S. Moronski, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026

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