as in prolific
producing abundantly
settlers gradually migrated from the rocky shores to more fructuous lands
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We are told to find consolation in the creative and prolific souls who share the affliction: the Brontës, Baudelaire, Kafka, Proust, Nabokov.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
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But if everything checks out, Simmons could be a prolific blindside blocker for Williams. 11.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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From the Heartland Brand: John Deere Now available on YouTube In 2014, a devastating flood swept over the small town of Luverne, Minnesota, destroying public infrastructure, personal property, and some of the most fertile farmland in the country.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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This is fertile ground for a populist Democrat to fill this blank space among this important segment of the electorate.—
David Paleologos,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Larry Ellison, also one of the world’s richest men, is facing regulatory hurdles with the Paramount-Skydance merger that would see his son, Skydance CEO David Ellison, running the combined media assets.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Eating purple foods rich in anthocyanins may help support gut health, ease inflammation, and reduce oxidative stress (cell damage).1 1.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Fructuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fructuous. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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