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Recent Examples of nourishment
But most people were not under the care of a private physician, and tuberculosis surveillance was a way to ensure that the largely immigrant poor living in the tenement districts got referrals to clinics, nourishment and, if necessary, isolation.
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Amy Lauren Fairchild, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
This cycle of deprivation and overindulgence can create an unhealthy relationship with food, making wellness feel more like punishment than nourishment.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Recognizing the critical role that proper nourishment played in sustaining his troops, Patton wasted no time addressing the issue.
—Kiernan White, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Its ingredient list includes everything from shea butter, sesame oil and myrrh, delivering all the nourishments that our hands crave regardless of the weather outside.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2025
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Amy Lauren Fairchild, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
This cycle of deprivation and overindulgence can create an unhealthy relationship with food, making wellness feel more like punishment than nourishment.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Recognizing the critical role that proper nourishment played in sustaining his troops, Patton wasted no time addressing the issue.
—Kiernan White, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Its ingredient list includes everything from shea butter, sesame oil and myrrh, delivering all the nourishments that our hands crave regardless of the weather outside.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nourishment
Noun
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The legislation mandates regular background checks for drivers, requires all rides to be recorded, and bans the exchange of food and drinks between riders and drivers, among other measures.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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The payloads aboard this Dragon cargo mission—the 32nd by SpaceX—include normal things like fresh food (exactly 1,262 tortillas), biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, and the technical demonstration of a new atomic clock.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For sustenance, there was One Potato Two, The Great Fry Company, Egg Roll and Etc. — and then, a McDonald’s followed closely by a Taco Bell.—
David Petitti,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Only then does the fungus finish the job, killing the ant and consuming it from the inside for sustenance as the parasite grows.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Nourishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nourishment. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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