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nutrient

[noo-tree-uhnt, nyoo-] / ˈnu tri ənt, ˈnju- /
NOUN
source of nourishment
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Earlier this month, Once Upon a Farm voluntarily recalled its popular Tractor Wheels nutrient bars after receiving complaints about the snack being a choking hazard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Importantly, the fat cell differentiation experiments used a mouse-derived cell line, while the detailed analysis of nutrient consumption was conducted in human cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

“We know that GLP-1s have an impact on caloric and nutrient absorption,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

On several occasions in the last five years the high nutrient levels and warm temperatures have combined to cause algal blooming turning parts of the lake a lurid green.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Because of bamboo’s low nutrient value, a panda must eat between twenty and forty pounds a day, even in winter, to gain the nutrition it needs.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

One possible explanation is that dinosaurs, or the animals they consumed, were obtaining some of their nutrients from the ocean.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

Still, Knight suggests that one possible explanation for some of their effects could involve reducing the dopamine signals generated when nutrients reach the digestive system.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Delivering these substances directly into the stomach allowed them to separate the effects of nutrients from the experience of tasting food.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

In effect, stimulating the pathway reproduced the learning signal that nutrients would ordinarily generate.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

My da used to eat the apple core and all—“where all the nutrients are. It’s plain ignorant to throw it out,” he’d say.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline


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