fertile
Example Sentences
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Senescence happens whether or not the eggs are fertile and can’t be stopped by relocating the eggs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Food stocks provide fertile ground for this exercise.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Cities are squalid crime hives that need to be tamed or abandoned in the Sheridanverse, whereas small towns and Western vistas are quaint canvases fertile with possibility.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
As Ms. Shevchenko’s partner and escort, Mr. Robare honored Balanchine’s fertile inventions with ease and expertise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Being too old for active battle service he reasoned that the best way he could serve his order was by putting his fertile brain to work.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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