fruitfulness

noun

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as in fecundity

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  1. fecundity
  2. fertility
  3. productivity
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  • But those who crowded into Krasner’s 1958 show at Martha Jackson’s New York gallery, her first since Pollock’s death, encountered her Earth Green series—paintings that exploded in vibrant color and exuded life, sensuality, fecundity, and freedom.
    — Mary Gabriel, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But the fecundity of the land is no match for the Trasks’ failure to flourish.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of fecundity
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  • The ruling had created legal and criminal liability risks for fertility doctors.
    — Kim Jackson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Experts say forever chemicals can have a major impact on your health, compromising immunity, decreasing fertility, causing developmental delays in children and increasing the risk of certain kinds of cancers.
    — WCCO Staff, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of fertility
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  • The complaint said Alfozan queried a productivity tool to ask about meeting rooms where company leadership met and where external company partners would meet.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Productivity and General Performance Tests We challenge Googlebooks' productivity power with three overall performance benchmarks, two browser-based and one in an Android app.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of productivity
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