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as in encouragement
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as in fertility
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Recent Examples of nurturance
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.
—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.
—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
The discovery of a covert unity and nurturance among separate trees acquires a special resonance against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Fragrance brings joy and self-nurturance.
—April Long, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2020
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.
—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
The discovery of a covert unity and nurturance among separate trees acquires a special resonance against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Fragrance brings joy and self-nurturance.
—April Long, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurturance
Noun
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The recent sighting provided encouragement to conservationists.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Redd offered encouragement and resources, including money for a hotel room.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Clark, who was not involved in the new study, said although the research is an impressive advancement, the technology in its current form would not work as a fertility treatment.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Stanching the hemorrhage of voter support requires some bold moves and tangible achievements.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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Clean and sleek, they can be worn while sightseeing, thanks to their next-level support and cushioning, but are classy enough to be worn out to dinner.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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In fact, the billionaire uses the generative technology to generate meeting summaries, project updates, monitor productivity, and more.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Webb revealed that the robots require skilled technicians to help upskill the renewable workforce and boost productivity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Noting the billions of dollars that Arkansas spends each year on federal programs to help the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps, child welfare and unemployment assistance, Sanders suggested the problems are often too big for a single program to fix.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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The program, which offers $1,500 mid-pregnancy cash assistance and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life, already operates in 11 communities around Michigan.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Kentucky farmers received about $400 million in market facilitation payments in the wake of tariffs in Trump's first term, but these likely did not counter the scale of export losses, Snell previously told The Courier Journal.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
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Emerson Depaz-Pangan, 26, is charged with facilitation of criminal homicide and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The brine of bottarga and spice of Scotch bonnet cut through the richness to balance out this dip that is a real treat to kick off your meal.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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A little hot sauce and black pepper add a kick that cuts through the richness.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Nurturance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurturance. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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