Examples of fallow period in a Sentence
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The extravaganza was the first in years to enjoy the viewership on both TV and streaming that people come to expect of the event after a fallow period during which NBC was plagued by Asia time-slot challenges and the coronavirus pandemic, among other factors.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The key to ensuring Phoenix's fallow period lasts only a couple of seasons is regaining control of those 2027 and 2029 selections.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Fantastic Four needed to be good and do really well at the box office to help the MCU recover after an ongoing fallow period in the wake of Avengers: Endgame.
—James Grebey, Time, 25 July 2025
With their 2010 Super Bowl victory a one-off triumph, so far at least, and the team experiencing a fallow period since, their rise and fall is reminiscent of Leicester City, which in 2023 became only the second former Premier League champion to subsequently get relegated.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
The label kicks off a new phase of Hertz’s career, putting the end to a lengthy fallow period.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2024
What looked to facility owners in Kentucky like an irresistible opportunity to tap into a new line of business in an otherwise fallow period has turned into a nightmare.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
The key to ensuring Phoenix's fallow period lasts only a couple of seasons is regaining control of those 2027 and 2029 selections.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Fantastic Four needed to be good and do really well at the box office to help the MCU recover after an ongoing fallow period in the wake of Avengers: Endgame.
—James Grebey, Time, 25 July 2025
With their 2010 Super Bowl victory a one-off triumph, so far at least, and the team experiencing a fallow period since, their rise and fall is reminiscent of Leicester City, which in 2023 became only the second former Premier League champion to subsequently get relegated.
—Eduardo Tansley, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
The label kicks off a new phase of Hertz’s career, putting the end to a lengthy fallow period.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2024
What looked to facility owners in Kentucky like an irresistible opportunity to tap into a new line of business in an otherwise fallow period has turned into a nightmare.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Fallow period.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallow%20period. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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