FERTILITY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

fertility

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as in fecundity

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Recent Examples of fertility While population growth has long been a tailwind for growth and creditworthiness, falling fertility rates and unprecedented speed of changing age structures are now changing that picture, Moody’s writes. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026 People who have followed Brown’s fertility journey have rallied around her family, sharing Tamia’s page and sending messages of encouragement. — Olivia Laborde, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Beijing’s one-child policy, plus the same social forces that have dragged East Asian fertility to historic lows, have produced below-replacement birth rates for three decades in China—draining the fuel that powered China’s rise. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Some argue that fertility care is simply basic healthcare and should be universally accessible. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fertility

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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

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Medicare already incorporates productivity into payment updates across hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health, and other settings.

— Bill Miller, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Business owners called for support to modernize machinery, arguing that automation would boost productivity and help protect jobs as competition in foreign markets intensifies.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of productivity

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