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as in to promote
to help the growth or development of
wanted to find the art school that would best nurture his artistic talent
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as in to educate
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
she feels that her lifelong practice of reading the Bible daily has nurtured her in ways she cannot describe
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as in nourishment
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Recent Examples of nurture
Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Minneapolis in 2026 feels like an ideal launching pad for this musical, as its focus upon nurturing community and welcoming new immigrants will surely resonate with local audiences.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
Ryan Brennan
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
In terms of nature and nurture, his freshman running back has both working in his favor at Notre Dame with spring practice about one month away.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Locals believed the city’s cool, foggy climate nurtured a unique strain of wild yeast—a theory since debunked.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Minneapolis in 2026 feels like an ideal launching pad for this musical, as its focus upon nurturing community and welcoming new immigrants will surely resonate with local audiences.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
Noun
Anderson’s experience is a real-world demonstration of the nature-versus-nurture dynamic playing out at the molecular level.
—Ryan Brennan
march 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
In terms of nature and nurture, his freshman running back has both working in his favor at Notre Dame with spring practice about one month away.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurture
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When the company launched Fox One, its new subscription streaming service aimed at cord cutters, Murdoch forbid the company from promoting the outlet to traditional TV audiences, a bid to ensure the new platform wouldn’t upset its relationships with cable and video distributors.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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The American Academy of Ophthalmology has mapped out a nutritious diet focused on promoting eye health.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
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His agent, a Ghanaian called Alex Quaye, was a banker by profession, having been educated in the United States at the University of Charleston.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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This is the fuel that feeds the future of science—new young blood coming in and getting educated and excited about the future.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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Harris said the officer sustained serious injuries but had since recovered.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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The political leadership of both of our major parties must step up to sustain the research enterprise in our public and private universities.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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So, for creating Hope's Corner to bring nourishment and support to the peninsula's unhoused, this week's CBS News Bay Area ICON Award goes to Bob Lee and Leslie Carmichael.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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For even more moisturization, Sun Bum's Cool Down Lotion has vitamin E and cocoa butter in addition to aloe for extra nourishment after a day in the sun.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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Insider tip Yunnan and Kunming are known for their flowers, both wild and cultivated, so the hotel’s floral arrangements and garden landscapes are particularly beautiful.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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Today’s grapefruit are less bitter than the ones your grandparents ate, having had the naringin—the compound that creates bitterness—largely cultivated out of them.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Though all eyes will be on North America, the national pride this event inspires – and the staggered start times that will allow fans watching back in their home countries to take in their teams during sort-of-normal hours – will stir incredible excitement and patriotism all around the world.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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The land sits less than one mile away from Jackie and Shadow’s nest, and this part of the lake is home to all of the fish that the eagles and their eaglets rely on for sustenance.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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They had been hunted out of existence—shot for personal sustenance, shot for sale as food by market hunters, shot for their hides.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Mbappe also told the New York Times he’d been encouraged to stay in Paris by Emmanuel Macron, the French president.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Parents of at least two teenage boys who died by suicide have sued AI developers in ongoing legal disputes, saying their chatbots encouraged their sons to die.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Nurture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurture. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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