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
You Crave Ice Iron deficiency can cause pica, eating or craving non-nutritive substances like ice, dirt, uncooked rice, or paper.
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Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Artificial sweeteners: Artificial sweeteners are zero- or low-calorie alternatives to nutritive sweeteners, such as table sugar.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 1 July 2024
From helpful nutritive additions and lymphatic massage to journaling, reading, and simply spending time with loved ones, Elsesser finds ways to prioritize herself, at home and abroad.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024
The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Artificial sweeteners: Artificial sweeteners are zero- or low-calorie alternatives to nutritive sweeteners, such as table sugar.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 1 July 2024
From helpful nutritive additions and lymphatic massage to journaling, reading, and simply spending time with loved ones, Elsesser finds ways to prioritize herself, at home and abroad.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024
The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
—Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritive
nutritional
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There is other government data on food purchases and nutritional status, and a host of other surveys that use USDA questions.—
Tracy Roof,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some foods pack a huge nutritional punch even in small servings.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Nutritive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritive. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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