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nourishment

[nur-ish-muhnt, nuhr-] / ˈnɜr ɪʃ mənt, ˈnʌr- /


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“For a zoo, besides significant volunteer participation, the nourishment is money.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Even the act of nourishment now feels despondent.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Xu praised the Chinese government and said "nourishment" from Guangdong has been "inseparable" from Shein's success.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

But they also “triggered an explosion of creativity. Music served as an individual and collective strategy of resistance, producing mental and spiritual nourishment no less indispensable than food.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

“Yours looks all right. I’m eating mine even though it’s vile”—her tongue licked a speck of cereal off the corner of her mouth—“because I need nourishment to take charge on our journey.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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