fertilize
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And “if they fertilize the lawn around the pool, all that water that’s running in there is adding nitrogen and phosphorus,” she says.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
In regions north of the Antarctic Polar Front -- a boundary where cold Antarctic waters meet warmer waters to the north -- that dust helped fertilize algae.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
But syrup producers do not plant, irrigate, fertilize or use insecticides on their self-sufficient forests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Composting turns organic material, like food scraps, into a nutrient-rich mixture that can be used to fertilize new plants and crops.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
They also wanted to be able to fertilize their “organic” fields with sewage sludge.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Dusky farmerfish in East Asia grow “crops” of red algae by assiduously “weeding out less palatable foods” and have effectively domesticated a type of shrimp whose waste fertilizes the algae and boosts yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The same phosphorus that fertilizes the thriving agriculture of the Midwest is also responsible for a vast "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi Delta.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
The business-nature of professional sports continually fertilizes that feeling.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
In mammals, offspring are produced when males’ sperm fertilizes females’ eggs.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2023
The animal also spreads grass seed, plants it with his hooves, and then fertilizes it with his manure.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Under this genetic system, females develop from fertilized eggs and possess two sets of chromosomes, while males develop from unfertilized eggs and have only one set.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
But this year, the state, tribal and federal scientists involved have no plans to transport fertilized eggs above the dams, Olstad said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
They could then be fertilized before journey’s end, and the babies raised “under the tutelage of cybernetic nurses who would teach them their inheritance and their destiny when they were capable of understanding it.”
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
Three eggs had fertilized but none developed into embryos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Every cell in your body arises by successive cell divisions from a single cell, a fertilized egg generated by your parents.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The additional effort he puts in—seeding, watering, fertilizing, aerating—is a reflection of his professional work ethic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In clinical terms, IVF involves removing eggs from a woman, fertilizing them in a lab with sperm and implanting embryos in the uterus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
The dung beetle, which disperses seeds as it rolls its dung balls, fertilizing topsoil and enhancing biodiversity and engineering its environment, normally orients itself using the Milky Way and the moon.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025
California currently does not require insurance companies to cover fertility treatment, including IVF, which involves collecting eggs from ovaries, fertilizing them with sperm in a lab and then implanting them in a uterus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
And now Mariana’s offer is like cow manure, fertilizing it, nourishing it, reminding me of my power, my options.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
