as in fertile
producing abundantly
a famously prolific author who could produce several works of fiction and nonfiction a year
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And while Brown more than merits his spot with the all-time greats, his legacy credentials only swell with his catalog’s prolific sampling for new generations.
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Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
The prolific Devlin, whose many EP credits include the Leverage and Librarians franchises, co-showruns The Ark with Jonathan Glassner (Stargate SG-1).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 Mar. 2025
That’s where the endlessly prolific Tyler Perry has inked another programming deal.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
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Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2025
The prolific Devlin, whose many EP credits include the Leverage and Librarians franchises, co-showruns The Ark with Jonathan Glassner (Stargate SG-1).
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 Mar. 2025
That’s where the endlessly prolific Tyler Perry has inked another programming deal.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
And, like the small miracle of any benthic shine found in sandy human hands, Frame’s prolific œuvre very nearly didn’t exist for us, but for drastic, tidal chance.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Prolific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prolific. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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