fecundity

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Recent Examples of fecundity Because of hijras’ ability to confer fecundity as devoted representatives of the mother goddess Bahuchara Mata, they are frequently invited to bless newborn boys and perform at their homes by dancing and singing. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026 But amidst said lots and open spaces are acres of marsh and flooded forests, and the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center stands apart as a place to interpret all this fecundity. — Outside, 17 Feb. 2026 Misconstrued by many as something akin to an extended Henny Youngman routine, Portnoy’s Complaint more closely resembled, according to Albert Goldman, the comedic world of adolescent Roth and his buddies, with its audacity, ferocity, originality, and sheer fecundity. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025 The South Bronx was also a fount of artistic fecundity, where poets, musicians, artists, and dancers created hip-hop. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fecundity
Noun
  • Some argue that fertility care is simply basic healthcare and should be universally accessible.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Considered by fertility doctors to be the most effective medical intervention — in which eggs are surgically removed and combined with sperm inside a lab to create embryos that are transferred to the uterus — IVF is also the most expensive.
    — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lower-ticket maintenance items have held steadier in sales, which can help to prop up the top line, but the per-store productivity weakened even where top-line sales looked flat, Graff said.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The productivity gains add up when AI systems can wrangle more than three-quarters of worker requests—with no human touch required.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Fecundity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fecundity. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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