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fertility

[fer-til-i-tee] / fərˈtɪl ɪ ti /


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The most significant factor driving down American fertility rates?

From Slate Jul. 28, 2026

Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

With the nation’s fertility rate at record lows, the number of children under 18 is falling across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

But countries including Thailand, Vietnam, China and even India, whose fertility rate dropped to 1.9 babies per woman in 2024, are aging at much lower levels of wealth than the U.S. and European economies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

And when in the course of time their promise of fertility was fulfilled, their bellies swelled, and their tattoos with them.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Among a people who look to music and song as a source of enjoyment, the habit of improvisation grows up imperceptibly, and engages all the fertilities of imagination in its exercise. 

From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John

Now did Pedgift Junior shine brighter than ever he had shone yet in gems of caustic humor and exquisite fertilities of resource.

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie




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