bear fruit
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“If all the spending that we’re seeing on AI infrastructure is going to bear fruit and be productive, it’s going to have to generate profits outside of just the manufacturers of the equipment,” Rinehart said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
As its efforts have started to bear fruit, the company is attracting more high-income shoppers, executives have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Speaking at a conference in London on 25 June, Reeves urged Burnham to stick to her economic approach, saying it was "beginning to bear fruit", as well as backing his approach to "fiscal devolution".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Paine, Mr. Kelly writes, “could hardly have expected that his words would bear fruit so quickly.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
It did not look strong enough to bear fruit, did not look useful at all, like most of the plants here.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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