as in nutritional
providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth
some people contend that whole wheat bread is significantly more nutritive than white bread
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Recent Examples of nutritive
Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area.
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JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
However, consumption of the other non-nutritive sweeteners was associated with a faster decline in global cognition, particularly in working memory and verbal fluency, according to the study.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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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JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
However, consumption of the other non-nutritive sweeteners was associated with a faster decline in global cognition, particularly in working memory and verbal fluency, according to the study.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritive
nutritional
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From a nutritional standpoint, collagen supplements function primarily as another source of protein.—
LeeAnn Weintraub,
Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Freeze-drying reduces the weight and volume of food by removing the water content while preserving nutritional value and taste, which are critical factors for space travel.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Nutritive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritive. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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