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Widow and empty-nester Regina Johnston (Catherine Bell) and fiancé Nelson King (James Denton) navigate the challenges of selling Regina's family home for a fresh start in Florida.
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
In an interview with People in September, the '80s heartthrob reflected on life as an empty-nester after his youngest left for college.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Creating Shelter and Nesting Opportunities Cardinals are not cavity nesters and don’t use birdhouses or nesting boxes to lay eggs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
The birds are late nesters and wait until mid-summer to start settling down for breeding.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
In an interview with People in September, the '80s heartthrob reflected on life as an empty-nester after his youngest left for college.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Creating Shelter and Nesting Opportunities Cardinals are not cavity nesters and don’t use birdhouses or nesting boxes to lay eggs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
The birds are late nesters and wait until mid-summer to start settling down for breeding.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nester
homesteader
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Success comes for one neighborhood, a few buildings, one block here, a handful of urban homesteaders there.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025
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Metsch, the disability-rights advocate, said her family has been in Colorado for nearly its entire history as a state, ever since her ancestors became homesteaders near Del Norte in the 1880s.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Nester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nester. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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