as in nutritional
providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth
opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar
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Recent Examples of nutritious
Research shows that school meals are among the most nutritious food sources for American youth.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
All are delicious, nutritious and—maybe most importantly—filling.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The senior dining program, which the county has provided since 1972, is a core component of the Older Americans Act and seeks to strengthen health and well-being by offering nutritious meals, opportunities to socialize and connections to other support services offered by the county.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Research finds that eating mostly healthful, nutritious foods also helps.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Sep. 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
All are delicious, nutritious and—maybe most importantly—filling.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The senior dining program, which the county has provided since 1972, is a core component of the Older Americans Act and seeks to strengthen health and well-being by offering nutritious meals, opportunities to socialize and connections to other support services offered by the county.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Research finds that eating mostly healthful, nutritious foods also helps.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nutritious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritious
Adjective
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In addition to being made differently, coconut aminos and soy sauce each have distinct flavors, nutritional value, sodium content, and ingredients.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Sep. 2025
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Offseason workouts intensified, nutritional habits changed, culture endured, expectations soared.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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However, consumption of the other non-nutritive sweeteners was associated with a faster decline in global cognition, particularly in working memory and verbal fluency, according to the study.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Nutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritious. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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