1
as in nursing
to give milk to from the breast
wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself
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as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care
recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did
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James, who took a hard spill in the fourth quarter and banged his right elbow, was officially nursing left foot arthritis.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026 -
In their off-hours, one employee was nursing an infant and homeschooling a preschooler, and another worked a second job as a real estate agent.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Many of the nation's 11 million residents struggle to keep food from spoiling.—
MATTHEW LEE,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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As Cuba’s economic crisis deepens and amid the fuel shortages and the blackouts, hospitals have been hard hit, leaving patients in the dark and medicine at risk of spoiling.—
Carmen Sesin,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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The elder Junod gave off mixed messages, abusing his long-suffering wife while indulging his gifted son.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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There’s a conversation for Nebraska worth indulging this spring.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Wet-nursing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet-nursing. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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