first fruits
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That would have been especially troublesome for a community whose religious festivals were closely connected with agriculture, harvests, first fruits, and the seasonal cycle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
At the company’s annual developers conference this spring, we’ll likely see the first fruits of Apple’s AI collaboration with Google.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Diogo Rau, Lilly’s chief information and digital officer, cautioned that it still might take years to get the first fruits of AI-powered drug discovery into the hands of patients, likely into the 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
This week sees the first fruits of that venture, as she releases her fourth album, Venus, on her Sommer House imprint.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
Word of it crept in among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take the tithe of the first fruits of the luck.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
