Thesaurus results for NUTRIMENT

nutriment

noun

as in nourishment

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Recent Examples of nutriment When flights resumed, the grass, without the nutriment it was used to getting from the insects’ secretions, began to decay. —

Fabio Morábito, New Yorker, 24 July 2025 By linking multiple trees, each fungus diversifies its source of nutriment and hedges against the demise of a single tree or species. —

Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021 The number and the quality of seeds determines the greater or lesser presence of insects, which, as is well known, are the principal nutriment of numerous bird populations. —

Longreads, 23 Mar. 2021 The rich nutriments that are part of the marine ecosystem provide a host of habitats and opportunity for sea life. —

Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2017

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Noun

This approach feels more like nourishment than supplementation and creates a balanced support system for a muscle-building routine.

— William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026
From orphans to widows, thousands of Armenians have found nourishment from this community protagonist, who is still comforting children who habitually ration their birthday cake.

— Marlise Kast-Myers, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026