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Recent Examples of fertilizer
If the plants are making lots of growth, reduce the frequency of fertilizer application to every six weeks.
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024
Scrupulous use of fertilizers requires less of a production carbon footprint and in many cases less runoff or leaching of nitrate and phosphorus.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
China has effectively become a lifeline for North Korea, supplying essential goods such as food, clothing, fertilizer, machinery, and construction materials—nearly everything that sustains the daily lives of North Koreans and the country’s industries.
—Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Well, there’s a different issue for houseplant parents who must wander their indoor jungles with watering cans, misters, fertilizers and pruners and then find a place to store them.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024
Scrupulous use of fertilizers requires less of a production carbon footprint and in many cases less runoff or leaching of nitrate and phosphorus.
—Steven Savage, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
China has effectively become a lifeline for North Korea, supplying essential goods such as food, clothing, fertilizer, machinery, and construction materials—nearly everything that sustains the daily lives of North Koreans and the country’s industries.
—Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Well, there’s a different issue for houseplant parents who must wander their indoor jungles with watering cans, misters, fertilizers and pruners and then find a place to store them.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fertilizer
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The two Koreas have been engaged in petty Cold War-style psychological warfare since at least March, with the North having flown thousands of balloons toward the South, filled with wastepaper, cloth scraps, cigarette butts and even manure.Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
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Horse manure—which abounded in New York and other cities until automobiles took over the streets—was a major contributor.David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
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Kendall Jenner just delivered the textbook example of high-low dressing.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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Method dressing has become a must-do marketing technique for celebrities.Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 5 Dec. 2024
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Fiber is an essential nutrient for health and is found in plant foods.Johna Burdeos, Health, 4 Dec. 2024
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Willett says lysine is also in all whole plant foods such as wheat and beans.Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Fertilizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fertilizer. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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