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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sterilise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective made infertile
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Examples
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This has been dubbed "sterilised" QE or "Operation Twist", after a 1960s programme in which the Treasury and the Fed tried to "twist" the yield curve by altering the pattern of Treasury-bond issuance.
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This has been dubbed "sterilised" QE or "Operation Twist", after a 1960s programme in which the Treasury and the Fed tried to "twist" the yield curve by altering the pattern of Treasury-bond issuance.
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The ECB insists that its bond purchases are "sterilised" - meaning that they do not add stimulus or constitute quantitative easing - but this is a disputed point.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The ECB insists that its bond purchases are "sterilised" - meaning that they do not add stimulus or constitute quantitative easing - but this is a disputed point.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The ECB insists that its bond purchases are "sterilised" - meaning that they do not add stimulus or constitute quantitative easing - but this is a disputed point.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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It was also suggested that not all the bond purchases would be sterilised, which is not what markets had been led to believe.
WN.com - Articles related to Sweden Raises Interest Rates but Trims Forecast 2010
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It was also suggested that not all the bond purchases would be sterilised, which is not what markets had been led to believe.
WN.com - Articles related to Sweden Raises Interest Rates but Trims Forecast 2010
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But the central bank does also pledge that this programme will be "sterilised", with any new liquidity created ultimately being sucked out of the system.
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The report says many hospitals lack essentials, such as sterilised needles.
North Korea facing health and food crisis, says Amnesty International 2010
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Many mine areas became permanently "sterilised" and the groundwater contaminated, he said.
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