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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Caleb Martin became a roster casualty when the Hornets signed Kelly Oubre to a two-year free agency deal in 2021, and his emergence with the Heat further ignited the fodder.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
Creators on Meta platforms aren’t happy about the company’s seemingly newfound interest in using their accounts as AI fodder.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
Even so, Hur's report also included a series of observations about the president's memory that became fodder for GOP opposition in the weeks after its release.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 May 2024
Maryland legislators did not advance a similar bill last year, but since then, state regulators commissioned a study into the potential outcomes of legalization, providing fodder for this year’s talks.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2024
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
Creators on Meta platforms aren’t happy about the company’s seemingly newfound interest in using their accounts as AI fodder.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
Even so, Hur's report also included a series of observations about the president's memory that became fodder for GOP opposition in the weeks after its release.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 16 May 2024
Maryland legislators did not advance a similar bill last year, but since then, state regulators commissioned a study into the potential outcomes of legalization, providing fodder for this year’s talks.
—Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Fodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fodder. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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fodder
noun
fod·der
ˈfäd-ər 
: coarse dry food (as cornstalks) for livestock
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