prolificacy

noun

Definition of prolificacynext
as in fecundity

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  1. fecundity
  2. productivity
  3. fertility
  4. prolificity
  5. ingenuity
  6. creativeness
Noun
  • Because of hijras’ ability to confer fecundity as devoted representatives of the mother goddess Bahuchara Mata, they are frequently invited to bless newborn boys and perform at their homes by dancing and singing.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • But amidst said lots and open spaces are acres of marsh and flooded forests, and the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center stands apart as a place to interpret all this fecundity.
    — Outside, Outside, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of fecundity
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  • Speed And Output Are Not The Same Thing The instinct to equate AI use with productivity is understandable.
    — Muhammad Muzammil Rawjani, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The economist and Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu suggests that AI will disrupt only a fraction of human tasks and that productivity will therefore change marginally.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of productivity
Noun
  • Egg freezing costs can hit $47,000 A single egg freezing cycle, including hormone stimulation and the retrieval procedure, costs around $16,000, on average, according to FertilityIQ, a fertility data and education platform.
    — Annie Nova, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And this is a poem about meeting your wife and deciding to try to conceive pretty soon because of the problems of fertility.
    — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • That was a good story on the heels of the Rose Bowl, but it was cast aside a bit given Rising’s prolificity.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Or is your own adrenaline enough to power this degree of prolificity?
    — Danielle Stein Chizzik, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2016
Definition of prolificity
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence is the latest example of American ingenuity shaping the global economy.
    — Ariyan Kabir, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • This style of theft, known as distillation, is often driven by impatience, fear of competitive failure, or doubts about one’s own ingenuity.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ingenuity
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  • But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible.
    — Andrew McDiarmid, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of creativeness
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“Prolificacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolificacy. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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