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nurture

Definition for nurture

noun as in development, nourishment

verb as in feed, care for

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Donkeys, including a couple, Clyde and Opal, patrol the vineyards to fend off coyotes, while chickens and sheep rotate through the rows, and hawks and owls are nurtured to deter rodents.

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Beijing planted investment seeds under the last Peronist government that Milei would do well to nurture, from lithium mines to a space exploration center.

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But it was away from the locker room that Jones, now 49, nurtured his relationship with James.

They rarely work with finished products; instead, they nurture embryonic ideas.

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Unmentioned, though, is Israel’s direct, nondiscriminatory, affirmative nurturing of Israeli Arab families.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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