as in nutritional
providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth
opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar
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Recent Examples of nutritious
This cheerful morning tune highlights the importance of starting the day with a nutritious breakfast that fuels your body for a day of play and learning.
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Fiona Tapp, Parents, 8 May 2025
The program provides child care, education, medical care and nutritious meals to more than 80,000 low-income children from birth through age 5 in the state and employs about 26,000 workers.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Communal meals were served in the multi-ethnic work camps as plantation workers needed nutritious, hearty meals portioned to keep them going all day long.
—Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Stick to native species and cultivars with single-type flowers, as these provide a rich source of nectar to butterflies and native bees as well as nutritious seeds that attract songbirds in autumn.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2025
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Fiona Tapp, Parents, 8 May 2025
The program provides child care, education, medical care and nutritious meals to more than 80,000 low-income children from birth through age 5 in the state and employs about 26,000 workers.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Communal meals were served in the multi-ethnic work camps as plantation workers needed nutritious, hearty meals portioned to keep them going all day long.
—Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Stick to native species and cultivars with single-type flowers, as these provide a rich source of nectar to butterflies and native bees as well as nutritious seeds that attract songbirds in autumn.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritious
nutritive
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These zero-cal options get their flavor from an artificial non-nutritive sweetener called aspartame.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
18 Mar. 2025
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You Crave Ice Iron deficiency can cause pica, eating or craving non-nutritive substances like ice, dirt, uncooked rice, or paper.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Nutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritious. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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