fecundity

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Birth control, Ms. Low notes, has allowed couples to date longer, “which is much costlier to women with a shorter period of fecundity than it is for the men.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

The blessing has been a tradition on Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, when priests would bless cows, horses and goats at La Placita Church “to help ensure health, fecundity and productivity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2024

The tests also found that adult male fish exposed to bifenthrin an cyhalothrin as larvae had smaller gonads than the control group, while the second generation had increased fecundity.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

They could also help scientists better understand our planet’s fecundity and predict how lifeforms may use carbon in the future.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 17, 2023

Eurasia is protected by its vast land spaces, Oceania by the width of the Atlantic and the Pacific, Eastasia by the fecundity and industriousness of its inhabitants.

From "1984" by George Orwell