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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

She has reached the age where a nursing home is becoming increasingly likely.

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

Daniel-Hoste and his husband, who was in nursing school, struggled to figure out how to generate more income to pay off card debt that had surged to $20,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

She had been in the nursing home for nearly a month, so we had gotten to know one another’s little ways quite well already.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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