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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Trump has a complete disregard for laws and expertise, and a unique shamelessness, both of which create fertile soil for inanity.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
Her detailed analysis shows how the country’s restructuring under Putin provided fertile soil for Prigozhin to graduate from woman-strangling street thug to catering star and mercenary prodigy.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
There’s plenty of fertile soil there for discomfort and disagreement, but the series’ purest, deepest power comes from inviting the notion of family into the fray.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
That's fertile soil on which criminals can cultivate their fraud.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
Her detailed analysis shows how the country’s restructuring under Putin provided fertile soil for Prigozhin to graduate from woman-strangling street thug to catering star and mercenary prodigy.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New York Times, 13 May 2025
There’s plenty of fertile soil there for discomfort and disagreement, but the series’ purest, deepest power comes from inviting the notion of family into the fray.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
That's fertile soil on which criminals can cultivate their fraud.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 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 25 Jun. 2025.
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