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as in encouragement
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as in fertility
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Recent Examples of nurturance
This lack of empathy for men reinforces a rigid hierarchy where human traits (like kindness and nurturance) are seen as a weakness.
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Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
11 Mar. 2026
This function is consistent with the developmental origin of crying in the infants’ need for nurturance, and its evolutionary origin in the separation call of juvenile mammals.
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Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
To some, the primate enclosure offers a nurturance of last resort.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
At the same time, male protagonists in dragon-riding fiction by authors like Jane Yolen, Christopher Paolini, and Cressida Cowell often reflected traits like nurturance, kindness, and empathy long associated with women.
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Rebecca Scofield / Made By History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
For my character, her organizing principle is nurturance.
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Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2024
Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.
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Deborah Solomon,
New York Times,
11 May 2023
Hank’s father is a famous literary figure, which makes Hank the junior to a senior who offered nurturance and support to other writers but not to his own son.
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Matthew Gilbert,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Mar. 2023
Fragrance brings joy and self-nurturance.
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April Long,
Town & Country,
13 Dec. 2020
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
11 Mar. 2026
This function is consistent with the developmental origin of crying in the infants’ need for nurturance, and its evolutionary origin in the separation call of juvenile mammals.
—
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
To some, the primate enclosure offers a nurturance of last resort.
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
At the same time, male protagonists in dragon-riding fiction by authors like Jane Yolen, Christopher Paolini, and Cressida Cowell often reflected traits like nurturance, kindness, and empathy long associated with women.
—
Rebecca Scofield / Made By History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
For my character, her organizing principle is nurturance.
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Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2024
Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.
—
Deborah Solomon,
New York Times,
11 May 2023
Hank’s father is a famous literary figure, which makes Hank the junior to a senior who offered nurturance and support to other writers but not to his own son.
—
Matthew Gilbert,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Mar. 2023
Fragrance brings joy and self-nurturance.
—
April Long,
Town & Country,
13 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurturance
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To his family, Clive was Dad and Granddaddy, the steady presence at the center of our lives, the source of wisdom, strength, encouragement, and unconditional love.
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Moreover, what moves women forward is action rather than encouragement.
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Under the scheme, Parsi families who earn below a certain threshold can receive financial assistance for fertility treatment and childcare.
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Scientists also are exploring whether microplastics contribute to or cause Parkinson’s disease, impaired fertility, premature births, certain cancers and developmental problems in children.
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Overall, half of Americans (50%) support displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, including 83% of White evangelicals and 72% of Republicans.
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Trailing 3-1 in the third, Ohtani provided his own run support, singling to center to score Alex Freeland from second after the Dodgers infielder had led off with a double.
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Consider rearranging a corner of your home, because practical changes can lift your mood and productivity.
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Organizations considering a pilot should establish measurable outcomes upfront and track productivity, engagement, turnover, customer satisfaction, operational performance, and financial impact over time.
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Valadao also said the cuts match eligibility standards for other federal assistance programs.
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The sheriff's office reopened portions of the investigation roughly three years ago, reviewing thousands of case files and conducting interviews with Mansfield with assistance from federal and state authorities.
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Instead of the traditional ground beef, carrots offer an earthy sweetness that pairs well with the richness from the Gruyère cheese.
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But these poets showed me the richness and breadth of poetry.
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In the years immediately following the Partition of the Indian subcontinent in August 1947 and the first India-Pakistan war a few months later, the two nations ramped up trade and inked new trade facilitation deals.
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There are those who would write her off, and perhaps her timidity before America’s facilitation of Gaza’s destruction has earned that dismissal.
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And this time—unlike the first year of the Chávez administration, when some Venezuelans still saw the new president as a source of hope — neither oil revenues nor all the international aid combined will be enough to mitigate the effects of the most powerful earthquake in a century.
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Officers found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound and immediately began rendering aid.
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“Nurturance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurturance. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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