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as in creative
having a role in deciding something's final form
contributed several productive ideas to the project
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as in prolific
producing abundantly
overfishing has depleted the stock of fish in these waters, which were once so productive
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as in efficient
producing or capable of producing a desired result
panicking during a crisis is not productive behavior
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Recent Examples of productive
Career coaches on Upwork charge as much as $179 per hour.
Want to up your AI skills and be more productive?
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
This concept was refined into the platform’s current form, a place where meeting requesters and business influencers could connect and give back to the world after a productive conversation.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
McMillan’s a big (6-5, 212), productive playmaker with excellent hands.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Yet that’s not a helpful or productive way to pass Inauguration Day (and all the days that follow).
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
This concept was refined into the platform’s current form, a place where meeting requesters and business influencers could connect and give back to the world after a productive conversation.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
McMillan’s a big (6-5, 212), productive playmaker with excellent hands.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Yet that’s not a helpful or productive way to pass Inauguration Day (and all the days that follow).
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Watch on Deadline The comic books are the latest projects in Gaiman’s creative catalogue that have paused or been canceled in light of the news, which Gaiman addressed on his personal blog, denying the allegations.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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The creative genius behind the look is Park Eunkyung, founder of Nail Unistella and the go-to nail artist for BLACKPINK members.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
25 Jan. 2025
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But if everything checks out, Simmons could be a prolific blindside blocker for Williams. 11.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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We are told to find consolation in the creative and prolific souls who share the affliction: the Brontës, Baudelaire, Kafka, Proust, Nabokov.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Bills, led by an efficient Allen and a solid defense, will end Mahomes’ dreams of a three-peat.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2025
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This advancement could potentially lead to a cleaner, more efficient energy future.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Jan. 2025
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Feedback: Providing constructive, actionable insights to improve performance and outcomes.—
Tony Gambill,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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From the Heartland Brand: John Deere Now available on YouTube In 2014, a devastating flood swept over the small town of Luverne, Minnesota, destroying public infrastructure, personal property, and some of the most fertile farmland in the country.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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As that ocean vanished, its creatures perished, their fossil bones forming the fertile, chalky soils of the South.—
Caroline Winterer / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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In other words, eating these greens raw is the most effective method.—
Ali Francis,
Bon Appétit,
23 Jan. 2025
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Bag charms became pretty popular last year, and that’s a gentler, but effective expression of that kind of whimsy.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
23 Jan. 2025
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Larry Ellison, also one of the world’s richest men, is facing regulatory hurdles with the Paramount-Skydance merger that would see his son, Skydance CEO David Ellison, running the combined media assets.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Eating purple foods rich in anthocyanins may help support gut health, ease inflammation, and reduce oxidative stress (cell damage).1 1.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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In some cases, the AI won’t have anything fruitful to say on the topic at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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The process was fruitful, showing huge differences in performance among the six products.—
Darius Tahir | KFF Health News,
ABC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Productive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/productive. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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