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fecund

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


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Herbs: bright, fecund, verdant, elevating our food with both flavor and color, guiding us from heavy comfort foods into a punchier, lighter category of cuisine.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

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

Being a Star Trek nerd, I couldn’t help but imagine a universe where stars were fecund and planets were everywhere.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

The primary species of rat in both New York and Los Angeles is Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat: a midsize rodent that has a whiplike tail and is resilient, intuitive and remarkably fecund.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023

“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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