fertile soil
noun
: a place where something begins or develops in large amounts
Poor neighborhoods can be fertile soil for crime.
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The woman died during a significant El Niño period that would have disrupted crop yields and impacted the community’s agriculture, so she may have been sacrificed because of her literal fertility in hopes of bringing back fertile soil, study author Sara Juengst told LiveScience.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Take Your Pick The sunny weather and fertile soil of Homestead, Florida, make for a bounty of fruity attractions.
—Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
This is the fertile soil from which emerged the idea for a Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2025
But perhaps its greatest and most mysterious feature is a vast complex of 165 or more rooms, some hewn by the Indigenous peoples who have lived here for more than a thousand years, drawn by fertile soil fed by springs and streams, abundant wild game, and natural protection from the elements.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Take Your Pick The sunny weather and fertile soil of Homestead, Florida, make for a bounty of fruity attractions.
—Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
This is the fertile soil from which emerged the idea for a Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE.
—Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2025
But perhaps its greatest and most mysterious feature is a vast complex of 165 or more rooms, some hewn by the Indigenous peoples who have lived here for more than a thousand years, drawn by fertile soil fed by springs and streams, abundant wild game, and natural protection from the elements.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Fertile soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fertile%20soil. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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