as in fertile
producing abundantly
the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin
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Recent Examples of fecund
Those resources proved to be less fecund than anticipated.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Though this arrangement is a complicated one, the sharing and licensing of rights has allowed Bond to emerge as a lucrative and fecund product line.
—Colin Burnett, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
From the fecund mind of the Coen brothers, this modern-day Western was hailed as a classic nearly from the moment of its independent release.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Others omit her altogether, capturing the natural realm unblemished by human presence, a fecund environment dotted with snakes and birds and fungi.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Though this arrangement is a complicated one, the sharing and licensing of rights has allowed Bond to emerge as a lucrative and fecund product line.
—Colin Burnett, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
From the fecund mind of the Coen brothers, this modern-day Western was hailed as a classic nearly from the moment of its independent release.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Others omit her altogether, capturing the natural realm unblemished by human presence, a fecund environment dotted with snakes and birds and fungi.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fecund
Adjective
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Plant seeds outdoors 5 inches apart in very fertile, slightly acidic soil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Where California' tule fog forms The Central Valley is fertile ground for the formation of tule fog, a persistent radiation fog, in late autumn and winter, according to NASA.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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The community’s prolific turnout at sporting events in the region is well known, with basketball games in Qatar sometimes limiting allocations for Filipino fans to avoid home advantage from being lost.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Redmen star senior Tyler Bourgea made a few plays to challenge Matt Wright (13 saves) in net, but Canton effectively shut down the prolific attack by taking it out of its high-flying game.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Fecund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fecund. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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