1
: soil or a bed of soil prepared for planting seed
2
: a place or source of growth or development
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a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement
that think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era
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These clubs served as the seedbeds for the emerging rival Democratic party, which would support Jefferson against Washington’s Federalists.
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Johann Neem / Made By History, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
The farmers will also receive instruction in no-till management, which calls for crops to be planted in narrow rows within the untilled seedbeds of previous crops.
—Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024
The Cultural Revolution created a seedbed for many traditional Chinese and other faiths to spring up after the oppressions ended.
—Adrian Zenz, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2018
Even Alexandria, which was one of the seedbeds of Western thought and philosophy in the centuries before and after Christ, is now dominated by Islam, which Goodwin does not see as part of the West.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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Johann Neem / Made By History, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
The farmers will also receive instruction in no-till management, which calls for crops to be planted in narrow rows within the untilled seedbeds of previous crops.
—Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024
The Cultural Revolution created a seedbed for many traditional Chinese and other faiths to spring up after the oppressions ended.
—Adrian Zenz, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2018
Even Alexandria, which was one of the seedbeds of Western thought and philosophy in the centuries before and after Christ, is now dominated by Islam, which Goodwin does not see as part of the West.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Seedbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seedbed. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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seedbed
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seed·bed
ˈsēd-ˌbed 
: soil or a bed of soil prepared for planting seed
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