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fertile

[fur-tl, -tahyl] / ˈfɜr tl, -taɪl /


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"That ultimately creates a kind of fertile ground where many good ideas can take root," he told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

This is often one of the most fertile sources of financial support.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

"People are moving into areas where there's enough water to grow crops, and fertile soils, and those are the very areas that the elephants tend to use as well."

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Their vague sense of discontent makes potentially fertile ground for the seeds of spectacular success Nick is soon planting in their minds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Many more vignettes illustrating this and other simple logical errors might be cited, but the point is clear enough: both innumeracy and defective logic provide a fertile soil for the growth of pseudoscience.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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