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infertile

[in-fur-tl, -tahyl] / ɪnˈfɜr tl, -taɪl /


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Tens of thousands of people, including infertile and same-sex couples, have had babies through the technological advances of in vitro fertilization and the willingness of surrogates to carry those children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

After these infernos, invasive grasses often took over in hardened, infertile soils.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

The Indian government also opposed the couple’s petition, saying that surrogacy laws in India were meant to assist infertile couples or women, not people who wanted to have a grandchild.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

Carrying around little cups of sperm as political protest, to mock infertile people, is most likely a fake scandal, but not being able to have kids easily is rough.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

In fact, pretty soon all the females became infertile, the billys impotent, and Timoteo’s huge flock dwindled away to nothing—all because Cleofes Apoda- ca’s evil eye had caused the hermaphrodite to be born.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols