1
: something fed to domestic animals
especially
: coarse food for cattle, horses, or sheep
2
: inferior or readily available material used to supply a heavy demand
fodder for tabloids
This sort of breezy plot line has become cheap fodder for novelists and screenwriters …—
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fodder
transitive verb
Examples of fodder in a Sentence
His antics always make good fodder for the gossip columnists.
She often used her friends' problems as fodder for her novels.
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So how Penelope balances that is fodder for Season 4.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 June 2024
The tour will also serve as fodder for the documentary, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, which is set to premiere on Hulu and Disney+ this fall.
—EW.com, 27 May 2024
Here’s The Allworth Advice: Stock splits can make for popular fodder in the financial news media.
—Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 22 May 2024
Where to watch: Amazon Prime, PBS Passport The Borgias
The notoriety swirling around the infamous and powerful Borgia family, who dominated Italy during the Renaissance after their patriarch Rodrigo became the pope, is rich fodder for The Borgias.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
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fodder
noun
fod·der
ˈfäd-ər 
: coarse dry food (as cornstalks) for livestock
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