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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Its pages already contained several wild college stories, fertile soil from which to grow a legendary movie.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Kale prefers fertile soil so amend it with compost before planting.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
The fertile soil can now rest and be replanted in the spring after the snow melts.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Kentucky’s fertile soil yielded abundant corn crops.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Kale prefers fertile soil so amend it with compost before planting.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
The fertile soil can now rest and be replanted in the spring after the snow melts.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
Kentucky’s fertile soil yielded abundant corn crops.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fertile soil
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“Fertile soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fertile%20soil. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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