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Recent Examples of fertilize
To thaw and fertilize the eggs later on costs an additional $10,000.
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 31 May 2026
This is the last month residents can fertilize lawns, trees and shrubs in many areas before fall.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Poultry help with weed and pest management and help fertilize the garden.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
The algae would dissolve and fertilize a productive seafloor, feeding amphipods in the sediment.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 25 May 2026
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 31 May 2026
This is the last month residents can fertilize lawns, trees and shrubs in many areas before fall.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Poultry help with weed and pest management and help fertilize the garden.
—Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
The algae would dissolve and fertilize a productive seafloor, feeding amphipods in the sediment.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fertilize
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Endowed chairs are among the university’s highest academic honors, recognizing faculty whose groundbreaking work advances their field, enriches the campus community and drives global impact.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The system enriches the account, identifies the sponsor who uploaded the new domain, drafts contextual outbound citing eight weeks of gains and routes it to the account team.—
Varun Milind Kulkarni,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Third, augment human capabilities with AI, connected architecture and long-term partnerships — with humans always in the lead.—
Harpreet Sidhu,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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With Ethan Hawke's newbie simmering against the go-for-broke finesse of Denzel Washington's very bad, no-good officer, Training Day revels in tension, with washes of blue and green augmenting scenes where Hawke is bullied into getting high.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Lower settings, XeSS, and (if frame rates are truly subpar) frame generation exist to supplement the performance.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2026
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The plan was for the concerts to serve as alternative content that could supplement ticket sales.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Like Port, Madeira is fortified.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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And the White Sox, like most clubs, could stand to fortify their bullpen, too.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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The project also reinforces San Diego’s growing status as a center for fusion research and development.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Activating them during exposure work may reinforce the therapeutic learning happening in the room, helping patients form new emotional associations with traumatic memories rather than experiencing them as immediate threats.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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In place of purifying catharsis, tragicomedy traffics in unresolved tension.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Lifestraw’s Go Series bottle lets hikers and campers purify their water anywhere thanks to the powerful, in-lid straw filter.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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The national initiative is awarding more than $10 million to help small businesses grow, innovate, and strengthen their local communities, a spokesperson from the grant program said.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
12 June 2026
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Not only does the brand’s shampoo and conditioner make my hair feel so clean and look so shiny, but both formulas are also jam-packed with strengthening ingredients—avocado oil, olive oil, milk thistle, and growth-stimulating rosemary—that make the combo genuinely feel like a worthwhile luxury.—
Olivia Cigliano,
InStyle,
12 June 2026
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All first responders and equipment involved in the operation had to be decontaminated, officials said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The bodies must be decontaminated before being taken to the corner’s office, local authorities said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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“Fertilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fertilize. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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