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  • present participle of nurse.
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nursing



ADJECTIVE
gaining nourishment by suckling
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That could include chief medical officers and chief nursing officers, as well as heads of surgery, emergency rooms, oncology, obstetrics, cardiology and other specialties, they say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

My other sister spoke with someone at one of the nursing homes, who said I may be able to buy out my mom’s half based on a fair-market-value appraisal, if I act soon.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Melissa Dowdeswell, director of nursing for HIS, said that where "the fundamentals of care" were not in place, there was a risk to harm to patients.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Their conclusion: “We believe that we are in a U.S. stock market and AI bubble, and that at some stage in the future, most investors will be nursing very large losses.”

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

A year earlier, she had organized her fellow black employees at a white-owned nursing home to join a voter registration march.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman




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