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material provided to sustain or nourish
The farmer used grain as fodder for his livestock.
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Recent Examples of fodder
The deeply repressed make great ghost fodder.
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Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
For a satirist or a cynic, Esperantists are easy fodder.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
An opening montage traces the Camp Miasma movies’ arc from reliable moneymakers to ridiculous-sequel fodder.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Texts between Altman and a former OpenAI executive became meme fodder and the subject of parody songs.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
For a satirist or a cynic, Esperantists are easy fodder.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
An opening montage traces the Camp Miasma movies’ arc from reliable moneymakers to ridiculous-sequel fodder.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Texts between Altman and a former OpenAI executive became meme fodder and the subject of parody songs.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for fodder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fodder
Noun
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The larvae feed on the host and can damage vital organs or cause serious bacterial infections.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Karmelo Anthony appeared on a live camera feed sitting at a table with his attorneys, wearing a dark suit and tie, while his attorney, along with prosecutors, continued the work of finding a jury that would give him a fair trial.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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To work around these limitations, epidemiologists in the field have turned to broader-spectrum diagnostic kits and alternative rapid assays, though shortages of testing supplies and the logistical difficulties of operating in remote outbreak regions continue to hamper response efforts.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 May 2026
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The stadium is now used by people seeking shelter from gangs, who now control key routes to and from the capital, choking off vital supplies in the Caribbean nation grappling with a deepening hunger crisis.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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An edible garden by landscape designer Lily Kwong offers overseas travelers an introduction to local plants, like the butterfly pea flower, which is commonly used in Peranakan cuisine, and fragrant pandan, which is harvested for use in some of the hotel’s food and drinks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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The complaint alleges the defendants failed to manufacture, supply and serve food safe for human consumption and violated federal food safety laws and USDA performance standards governing ground beef.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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But those agreements include provisions that allow prices to be adjusted if the market shifts, limiting the department's ability to fully insulate itself from sustained increases.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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That rule bars provisions in bills that are deemed to be extraneous to federal spending or outside the jurisdiction of the committees that drafted them.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Spanish executive chef Ramiro Lafuente Martinez presides over the refined meat-fest menu by Jean-Georges Vongerichten—the freshest of oysters, caviar and beef tartares, sharing steaks, chicken liver parfaits and Brixham Dover sole.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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That consolidation is the backdrop to nearly every other heritage sourcing story — the reason chefs, breeders, shoppers and policy advocates are paying closer attention to where the next generation of grains and meats will actually come from.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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“Fodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fodder. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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