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fertile

[fur-tl, -tahyl] / ˈfɜr tl, -taɪl /


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Although the severity of Robert’s mental illness meant several lost years, he had a reprieve at one point for some months, and Hal hopes there may be fertile work left behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The researchers then bred the mice and confirmed that they were fertile.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Breeding season runs from mid- to late winter, and wolves are fertile only once a year — right around Valentine’s Day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 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

After twenty years of hard work and ruthless manipulation of small farmers, Marshall Turner had become the emperor of truck farming in one of the most fertile agricultural areas of the state.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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