as in feed
material provided to sustain or nourish
The farmer used grain as fodder for his livestock.
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Recent Examples of fodder
The murders of three tourists in Kissimmee over the weekend has now become fodder for Florida’s attorney general to again attack Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, claiming her office botched an earlier case against the suspect.
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Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Vice President Kamala Harris’s own mixed record on immigration was fodder for Republicans.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
To bad actors, the grim reality on the ground in Minneapolis is simply fodder for low-effort memes and propagandistic distortions, curated for clicks and boosted visibility.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2026
The show premiered at the height of a recession, and feelings of economic stress and instability make for some of the show’s funniest — and most relatable — fodder.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
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Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2026
Vice President Kamala Harris’s own mixed record on immigration was fodder for Republicans.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
To bad actors, the grim reality on the ground in Minneapolis is simply fodder for low-effort memes and propagandistic distortions, curated for clicks and boosted visibility.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2026
The show premiered at the height of a recession, and feelings of economic stress and instability make for some of the show’s funniest — and most relatable — fodder.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fodder
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On Sunday night and into Monday, BAM’s X feed spilled over with reposts commending the account for its largely correct forecasts.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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Meta in response stopped including news links in users’ feeds, while Google agreed to pay about $73 million a year.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The current phase expands participation to additional countries and concentrates on issues such as prevention of major equipment failures, safety classification of systems, and scenarios involving loss of external power supplies.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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Independent digital and analog power supplies, along with ELNA capacitors, deliver clarity, dynamics and tonal accuracy.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Washington Post food critic Elazar Sontag entertains your restaurant questions, rants and raves.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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And as luxury brands seek relevance beyond product in an era of tighter spending and audience fatigue, food offers a medium that feels more accessible and emotionally resonant to a broader consumer.—
Amy Francombe,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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There are many other provisions in the new law that affect everything from interest on new car purchases to new tax breaks for seniors and parents.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Going into effect on October 10, 1967, the treaty was a legal framework for space law that banned the deployment of nuclear weapons in space, limited military activities on celestial bodies and provided provisions that exploration of space should benefit mankind.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Transfer to another plate; repeat process with remaining meat, adding more oil to pan if dry.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The church was filled with pallets of frozen meat and vegetables, diapers, fruit, and toilet paper.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Fodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fodder. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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