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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sterilize .
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Examples
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Instead, they are required to swap them for domestic currency at China's central bank, which then "sterilizes" them by spending them on U.S.
Ian Fletcher: Don't Fear a Trade War With China Ian Fletcher 2010
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Instead, they are required to swap them for domestic currency at China's central bank, which then "sterilizes" them by spending them on U.S.
Ian Fletcher: Don't Fear a Trade War With China Ian Fletcher 2010
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(In order to prevent an explosion of yuan and domestic inflation, China's central bank then "sterilizes" those yuan by issuing bonds — but that's another editorial.)
The Yuan Scapegoat 2010
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Instead, they are required to swap them for domestic currency at China's central bank, which then "sterilizes" them by spending them on U.S.
Chinese Currency Manipulation is Real, But it's America's Fault Ian Fletcher 2010
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(In order to prevent an explosion of yuan and domestic inflation, China's central bank then "sterilizes" those yuan by issuing bonds — but that's another editorial.)
The Yuan Scapegoat 2010
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Instead, they are required to swap them for domestic currency at China's central bank, which then "sterilizes" them by spending them on U.S.
Ian Fletcher: Chinese Currency Manipulation is Real, But it's America's Fault 2010
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(In order to prevent an explosion of yuan and domestic inflation, China's central bank then "sterilizes" those yuan by issuing bonds — but that's another editorial.)
The Yuan Scapegoat 2010
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Last week Tyler entertained this hypothetical: A freak solar event 'sterilizes' the half of the planet people, animals, etc facing the sun.
Mass Sterilization, Reconsidered, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Last week Tyler entertained this hypothetical: A freak solar event 'sterilizes' the half of the planet people, animals, etc facing the sun.
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The People's Bank of China "sterilizes" this to counteract the expansionary effect of pumping money into the economy.
China: Soaring Exports Fuel Criticism Oxford Analytica 2006
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