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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Well before humans began putting billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, entire populations would migrate toward better conditions in search of a place with milder weather or more fertile soil or the absence of drought. —

Adam Clark Estes, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2024 Just one mile away from the sea of Cortez and San Jose del Cabo’s estuary, the farm’s fertile soil yields seasonal crops served in the rustic open-air restaurant adjacent to the fields. —

Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 Its normalization at home creates fertile soil for domestic political violence, as evidenced most dramatically in the January 6 insurrection and as seen in an increase in right-wing domestic terrorism. —

Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023 The arid climate, cool evenings, and fertile soil once made this region a breadbasket. —

Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fertile soil