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Recent Examples of fertilize
These corals were grown using a process called coral seeding, which involves fertilizing coral spawn in labs to produce genetically diverse larvae.
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
This helps increase the chances that more eggs will be fertilized, leading to more offspring.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
Both fertilizing and watering can be cut back during winter.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2025
The results will tell you not only about the soil texture, but also pH and nutrient availability, and provide recommendations for amending soils and fertilizing plant material.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
This helps increase the chances that more eggs will be fertilized, leading to more offspring.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
Both fertilizing and watering can be cut back during winter.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2025
The results will tell you not only about the soil texture, but also pH and nutrient availability, and provide recommendations for amending soils and fertilizing plant material.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
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Let go of anything -- belongings, jobs, relationships -- that no longer serves, fulfills or enriches you.Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Let go of anything — belongings, jobs, relationships — that no longer serves, fulfills or enriches you.Marni Jameson, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk has long sought to augment his Silicon Valley celebrity with gamer cred, professing both skill and passion for a medium favored by tech geeks.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
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Lidar is also being augmented by more sensors and AI to help robot vacuums better understand your home.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2025
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Those were not meant to work alone, however, but rather to be supplemented by water from firefighting aircraft that, in this case, couldn’t fly in the cyclonic Santa Ana winds.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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The house also came with a trove of furnishings and artifacts, some of which the couple kept and supplemented with antiques from Athens, products from Ikea and Ms. Metzger’s handmade pendant lamps, sconces and sinks.Julie Lasky, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Biden could have fortified these protections, using the United States’ influence and meeting its responsibilities as a superpower, one of the founders of international humanitarian law, one of the world’s largest arms suppliers, and the UN’s largest contributor.Sarah Yager, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Get more information on fortifying your home from wildfires here.KABC STAFF, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Acknowledging your achievements reinforces the positive aspects of embracing discomfort.Ryan McGrath, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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What is The Safeguard and is this omniscient AI called The Algorithm reinforcing the rules of the silos?Jeff Spry, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Packed with grapefruit extract to purify and ceramides to shield against environmental stressors, this Best of Beauty Award winner leaves your scalp refreshed and your hair soft without drying it out.Erin Parker, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
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Try this steamer from Dr. Dennis Gross, $159 at Sephora, for a professional-level device that delivers micro-steam technology to intensely hydrate and visibly purify your skin.Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Sterling strengthened on Wednesday after cooler-than-expected inflation prints out of the U.K. and U.S. sparked optimism around the U.K. economy and strengthened market bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year.Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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The small community strengthens its young people through a close connection with Country.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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And our change needs to continuously reenforce a fluid future.Paige Francis, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
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Access to art, child development interactions, free resources for pre-education, hands-on activities - all of these offerings compliment and reenforce our future leaders and customers.Paige Francis, Forbes, 20 June 2022
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“Fertilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fertilize. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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