make productive

Example Sentences

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But whether the District will get the chance to make productive use of the crumbling stadium and its miles of abandoned parking lots remains up in the air.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

"It has been frustrating," Kalebjian said, adding that he doesn't want to give up land that his parents worked so hard to make productive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2015

And he continues to make productive suggestions about the threat, recommending that victims of the disease be treated in a central site, manned by experts.

From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2014

Eventually, Twitter plans to offer advertising more broadly, but until then small businesses can continue to make productive use of the service.

From New York Times • May 26, 2010

V. make productive &c. adj.; fructify; procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative†, impregnate; fecundate, fecundify†; teem, multiply; produce &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark