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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Derick recalled how some of their earliest days as a couple came with conditions about becoming fodder for TV.
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This kind of problem is common fodder for conspiracy theories and fuels distrust in the process.
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In their own words Although science is not campaign fodder, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have made comments that hint at their thoughts about how science works.
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And then there's a difference between putting someone like him potentially in charge of all public health agencies, as well as women's health which is giving a lot of fodder for Vice President Kamala Harris and for Democrats to seize and pounce on this.
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
This kind of problem is common fodder for conspiracy theories and fuels distrust in the process.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
In their own words Although science is not campaign fodder, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have made comments that hint at their thoughts about how science works.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 16 Oct. 2024
And then there's a difference between putting someone like him potentially in charge of all public health agencies, as well as women's health which is giving a lot of fodder for Vice President Kamala Harris and for Democrats to seize and pounce on this.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Fodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fodder. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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fodder
noun
fod·der
ˈfäd-ər 
: coarse dry food (as cornstalks) for livestock
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