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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Artificial sweeteners: Artificial sweeteners are zero- or low-calorie alternatives to nutritive sweeteners, such as table sugar.
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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
The bulk of research devoted to understanding breastfeeding is on the nutritive benefits during the first six months to the first year of an infant’s life.
—Time, 19 July 2023
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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
The bulk of research devoted to understanding breastfeeding is on the nutritive benefits during the first six months to the first year of an infant’s life.
—Time, 19 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritive
nutritional
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That said, these examples offer fascinating insights into human nutritional resilience and diversity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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There was also plenty of fluff, not really containing enough nutritional value to be called word salad.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Nutritive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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