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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sterilize the needle in boiling water.
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Babies' bottles can be sterilized simply by boiling them in water.
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Has the needle been sterilized?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, it is illegal to grow hemp in the United States, though sterilized hempseeds may be imported legally.
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Lakes and ponds were tapped, water from the Lys sterilized and stored in barges, and cisterns built to trap rainwater.
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Ordinary chlorine bleach kills the virus on contact and can be used to sterilize needles between uses.
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Place lemons in a sterilized jar and sprinkle with remaining 21 / 2 tablespoons salt.
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The largest mineral resource deliberately sterilized by the process was the Windy Craggy copper property in the remote northwestern corner of B.C.
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The National Fertility Survey found that out of the total of women using contraception, 52.5% had been sterilized.
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There is no need to launder bedding or sterilize clothing.