sterilizer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ethylene oxide has been used as a sterilizer since 1930s, and the EPA has been under pressure to better regulate it since at least the 1980s.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
According to industry, the medical sterilizer system in the state has little room for disruption.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
“If a diesel truck goes by, you can smell it. With a sterilizer, you see nothing, you smell nothing,” said Jane Williams, executive director of California Communities Against Toxics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
I bought a baby bottle sterilizer to use after I rinse them out with tap water.
From Slate ● May 10, 2021
While the nurse was expertly tying a strip of gauze around her arm and the doctor was putting his instrument in the sterilizer and taking out a fresh needle, Francie spoke up.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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