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as in sterile
not able to produce fruit or offspring
an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer
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as in barren
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought
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Recent Examples of infertile
The program left more than 250,000 Andean women infertile.
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Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
There are approximately 13 million infertile women in the US, but only about 600,000 (5%) have access to IVF care.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
From ancient Greece to medieval Europe, infertile men enlisted lovers for their wives in order to continue their lineage.
—Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
This is true even if you’ve been previously diagnosed as infertile (unless your doctor tells you otherwise).
—Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024
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Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
There are approximately 13 million infertile women in the US, but only about 600,000 (5%) have access to IVF care.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
From ancient Greece to medieval Europe, infertile men enlisted lovers for their wives in order to continue their lineage.
—Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024
This is true even if you’ve been previously diagnosed as infertile (unless your doctor tells you otherwise).
—Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for infertile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infertile
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Plastics became indispensable in healthcare, enabling sterile equipment, syringes, and life-saving devices like incubators and blood bags.David Carlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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While the soaring space and large walls of windows certainly let the outside in, modernist homes can often lean sterile if not outfitted with an injection of soft textures and color.Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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So why are women losing ground? Dec. 11, 2024 California was an oasis this November in a largely barren Democratic landscape.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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The most notorious gulag lies in the barren, rocky hills outside the capital, Damascus.Richard Engel, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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By the time Rip and Lloyd dump Jamie’s body and set his car ablaze in a desolate field in Iowa, her cover story is validated, and warrants are issued against Jamie for aggravated assault and domestic violence.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, the Russians should know best about the desolate state of affairs inside the Syrian security and military apparatus.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Assad’s fall ends more than six decades of Baath Party rule that sought to center Syria as a leader in the Arab world, but instead left it corruption-riddled and impoverished.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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In Delhi, impoverished kids are learning to love reading and math, thanks to a police officer’s makeshift school.Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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That being said, today was a very poor outing as breadth (advancers vs. decliners) was awful in both markets.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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So this poor kid [who finished in last], this single guy, for a year had to have a Fathead of his buddy in boxers, a giant life-size Fathead above his bed.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Infertile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infertile. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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