as in to administer (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice
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Then, this breakthrough is rapidly nursed into becoming AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025 -
He was originally adopted by Nedra, who nursed him back to health before handing him over to his current owner, Amy.—
Kendall Malinchock,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Dana is really mothering to her fullest at the top of the hour.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Beginning with Ethel Cain, mothers will be mothering all throughout the year.—
James Factora,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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The visitor from Cape Coral was treated for minor injuries.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The lesson is the same: chronic disease management doesn’t work if systems don’t talk, if data isn’t used and if patients are treated episodically rather than holistically.—
Boris Berat,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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“Minister (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minister%20%28to%29. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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