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[pruh-duhk-tiv] / prəˈdʌk tɪv /


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Urban and suburban landscapes provide ideal conditions, allowing Hierodula mantises to use structures such as insect hotels as productive hunting sites.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Even my walk home from work has to be productive: I don’t begin until I have started a deep-research query on whichever artificial-intelligence assistant I am in love with that week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

But according to the research of professor Richard Hasen, the rate of congressional overrides has steadily decreased over the years as Congress becomes slower and less productive with each passing term.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

“There hasn’t been a technological solution that has ... really made us profoundly more productive than the teaching and learning function from the Middle Ages,” Delaney said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

My drive to be productive probably cost me my first marriage and a few days ago almost cost me my fiancée.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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