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Arrau turtles are communal nesters; females come together and lay their eggs on the same beach.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Andie MacDowell is living the empty-nester life, and it's come with ups and downs.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Andie MacDowell is living the empty-nester life, and it's come with ups and downs.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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homesteader
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By the late 19th century, homesteaders and ranchers, including Henry Martin, Benjamin and Ollie Morris, and later Paul Greenough, shaped the land into a working cattle and sheep ranch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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“Nester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nester. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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