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fecund

[fee-kuhnd, -kuhnd, fek-uhnd, -uhnd] / ˈfi kʌnd, -kənd, ˈfɛk ʌnd, -ənd /


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The great Medfly cafeterias of the Central Valley and the Imperial Valley, the fecund cornucopias of the nation, lay vulnerable — but arguably out of reach, Brown calculated.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

The idea, in theory, is that all of these economic policies, when combined with the party’s traditional social conservatism, will make it easier for regular working folks to thrive and be fecund.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024

Giant clouds like this are relatively rare but crank out stars on an industrial scale, while the smaller clouds are less fecund but litter the galaxy.

From Scientific American • Apr. 24, 2023

Like Gauguin in Tahiti or Peter Beard in Kenya, it was a portrait of an exotic, far-flung, fecund life.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

“In due season all that lives returns to dust, making the earth fecund with life. Smell how the air tonight is pregnant with the flowers’ blooms and their bee-sought sweetness.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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