Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fructuous
Adjective
  • Last year with hours left to live, Roberson's life was spared following a furious effort by a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers − a development rarely seen in the nation's most prolific death penalty state.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 July 2025
  • Exxon, a 45 percent owner and operator of the three-company consortium which has developed the prolific Stabroek Block and other areas offshore Guyana over the last decade, filed a challenge to the arrangement in March 2024.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • Dense with tall, light-swallowing spruce trees and rooted in sodden, fertile ground, the Šumava Forest along the Czech-German border looks and feels like the setting for a Grimm Brothers fairytale: a place out of time, modern civilization and, seemingly, cellphone range.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • Winnipeg was fertile ground for Indigenous artists.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • During a muggy Tuesday afternoon in early July, nearly a dozen blue-collar residents hoping to walk away a few bucks richer spent their lunch break playing the slots.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • Shapiro’s tone is conversational, luring us into a rich story about American media.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
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“Fructuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fructuous. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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