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fertile

[fur-tl, -tahyl] / ˈfɜr tl, -taɪl /


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But a more recent study, “Sperm concentration remains stable among fertile American men” published in January, found no clinically significant decline in sperm concentration among American men between 1970 and 2018.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Popular among grassroots movements, the concept of "Fossil Free Zones" is slowly gaining traction in international meetings and found fertile ground in Santa Marta.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Efforts failed to contain the herd's growth, with a lack of predators and the fertile and swampy Antioquia region providing perfect conditions for the native African animal to thrive.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“As most fiction, it is a composite, an amalgam of personal experience, research and my fertile, overactive imagination,” Raicek said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

We’d fled there many generations before from the highlands of southern Congo during a time of great war and sickness, and settled where the soil was reddish black and fertile as the days were long.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba




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