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fertilized

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verb

past tense of fertilize

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Recent Examples of fertilized
Adjective
In April, the musician went through emergency surgery for a second ectopic pregnancy — when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the uterus — that left her on the brink of death. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025 The two-cell stage embryo is the very early embryonic stage where the original fertilized egg (zygote) has divided into two distinct cells (blastomeres) that continue to divide. New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2025 According to the Mayo Clinic, an ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside of the uterus, oftentimes growing in a fallopian tube instead. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025 Studies show that when couples use no contraception, about 30 percent of fertilized eggs never implant, and another 30 percent implant briefly before being passed from the body usually without the woman ever knowing. Mimi Zieman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fertilized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fertilized
Adjective
  • Trump has suggested that Americans could go in to seize Iran's enriched uranium.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • There is some evidence, according to the IAEA, that the Iranians moved some of the enriched uranium to a site known as Pickaxe Mountain, close to Natanz.
    Sheena Samu, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Security strengthens as finance-conscious Venus conjoins fertile Chiron in your 2nd House of Logistics, bolstering your capacity to be practical without losing that characteristic Pisces whimsy.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Western tolerance and complacency prove fertile ground for radicalization.
    Tareq Alotaiba, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • And the bullpen highlighted by Carlos Estevez and Lucas Erceg augmented by the addition of Matt Strahm figures to give them an advantage in putting away games.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • However, they are augmented with powerful AI engines and a large 32GB pool of RAM at an aggressive price.
    Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But the teams entered the second half tied at 54-54, after nine lead changes and 10 ties, thanks largely to Boston’s effective offensive rebounding (11-3 in second-chance points) and productive scoring by Garza and Pritchard (13 first-half points apiece).
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The pressure is increasingly on AI developers to create systems that can turn these machines into productive workers rather than technological showcases.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Inside these trains, natural gas is purified and cooled to about –260 degrees Fahrenheit (–162 degrees Celsius), below the boiling point of methane.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026
  • When the characters played by Carey Mulligan and Kaden Leos begin to tiptoe into that void, Gosling sells the Driver’s transition into a man finally come alive, revitalized by love and purified by violence.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That night, Joost wanted to dine at a real restaurant like rich foreigners.
    Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The exempt areas include the Red Sea tourist resorts of Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam, as well as the antiquities-rich southern cities of Aswan and Luxor.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The idea of a super wet El Niño kind of got reinforced in the winter of 1997-98.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In other words, external pressure has reinforced internal alignment.
    Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Star guards lead the charge Johnson and Latson are a prolific and formidable duo, and dominating backcourt play has been a staple for the elite in this sport.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But the Falcons broke through early in the second period, with Brooklyn Riley scoring on the Falcons’ prolific power play just a minute into the frame.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Fertilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fertilized. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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