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ferment

[fur-ment, fer-ment] / ˈfɜr mɛnt, fərˈmɛnt /




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When they ferment sugars, they create tiny outward flowing currents across the wet surface.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

North Africa was by then the Bible Belt of the late Roman West, characterized by intense Christian devotion and intellectual ferment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Most modern artists, famously Picasso, left their home turf for some center of creative ferment, finding their voices there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Does the party have the means to ferment a counterculture that is agile, tech-savvy, and fashionable?

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2025

Calmly, Granddaddy said, “I have managed to take perfectly good pecans and ferment them into something approximating cat piss.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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