How to Use seedbed in a Sentence
seedbed
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Cover the seed only lightly or simply spread on a smooth packed seedbed before a rain.
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Gerald Almy,
Field & Stream,
2020-05-28
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Clay soils are difficult to work up and develop into a good seedbed.
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oregonlive,
2022-02-07
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The downy seedbeds are spun into yarn and woven into a special fabric for dancers.
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Patrice Hanlon,
The Mercury News,
2017-05-18
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Derek Gow wants his farm to be a breeding colony, a seedbed for a denuded island.
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Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
2021-09-15
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Family and faith are seedbeds of virtue where government ought not to intrude.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
2023-06-10
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Small seeds should be left on top of a seedbed that has been tilled and then firmed with a drag or cultipacker before seeding.
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The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
2020-06-19
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Which is, after all, the seedbed for science accomplishment.
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NBC News,
2017-10-04
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On the other hand, don't let the soil get too soggy; overwatering a seedbed can promote diseases such as damping off, a fungus that kills young seedlings.
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Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2023-02-07
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In a normal situation, a ground fire would spark the release of the seeds from those cones, at the same time providing a bare mineral-soil seedbed for the sequoia.
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Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
2022-07-15
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There is a calm after the storm of creative-destruction, and the current science blogosphere is laying the seedbed for future renewal.
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Discover Magazine,
2019-11-20
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As bleak as Afghanistan’s prospects were, the United States could not afford to walk away and allow the country to become a seedbed for extremists again.
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Mark Landler,
New York Times,
2017-01-01
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But Snow Farm has been a seedbed for crafters from New England and beyond, offering a wide variety of workshops for all levels.
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BostonGlobe.com,
2021-04-28
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Autobiography is one of the most important seedbeds for fiction, a way for the novel to illuminate new facets of reality.
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Jeet Heer,
The New Republic,
2018-05-23
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The region was a seedbed for Republican governors, senators and even presidents.
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Raphael J. Sonenshein,
The Conversation,
2021-09-15
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The seedbed of Morrison’s genius germinated in the family stories that encircled young Chloe, her older sister and two younger brothers.
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Karen R. Long,
cleveland.com,
2019-08-11
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Join The Tribune in a community conversation about Point of the Mountain as a seedbed for innovation.
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Tim Fitzpatrick,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
2022-11-24
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The seedbed of Democratic politicians, built on the expansion of public expenditures and entitlements, wasn’t sprouting a crop needed to sustain ongoing programs.
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WSJ,
2018-08-24
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The absence of noncompete enforcement may well have been an important factor in the development of Silicon Valley as a vibrant seedbed of innovation.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
2023-01-26
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For some 40 years, the [Singapore] government has made sure universities never become a seedbed for dissent and don’t normalize political contention.
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Washington Post,
2019-09-27
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The Cultural Revolution created a seedbed for many traditional Chinese and other faiths to spring up after the oppressions ended.
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Adrian Zenz,
Foreign Affairs,
2018-06-20
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Although Florida has not traditionally been known as a seedbed of squash, Shumway moved quickly to create a microclimate around his child: snapping up El Hindi, and embarking on a project to build a premier squash facility in the area.
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Ruth S. Barrett,
The Atlantic,
2020-10-17
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