fertile

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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

After 60 days, all that remains is a rich, fertile soil.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In the wake of double haymakers inflicted by the pandemic and the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023, the ground is fertile for the AI revolution to seed all kinds of second-rate content.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

—Gethenians tend to have their children young; most of them, after the age of twenty-four or so, use contraceptives, and they cease to be fertile in the female phase at about forty.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin