fecundity

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Recent Examples of fecundity But those who crowded into Krasner’s 1958 show at Martha Jackson’s New York gallery, her first since Pollock’s death, encountered her Earth Green series—paintings that exploded in vibrant color and exuded life, sensuality, fecundity, and freedom. — Mary Gabriel, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026 But the fecundity of the land is no match for the Trasks’ failure to flourish. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fecundity
Noun
  • About two-thirds of humanity now lives in countries where fertility is too low for each generation to replace itself.
    — Daron Acemoglu, Time, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For more on the midterm implications, go here; and for more on the fertility procedure, go here.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • University of Central Arkansas economist Jeremy Horpedahl was stunned by Polson's productivity.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Despite the tremendous promise of artificial intelligence, its productivity dividend has yet to materialize.
    — Daron Acemoglu, Time, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Fecundity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fecundity. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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