nurture
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Remember, the information you provide doesn’t have to be deep in order for it to nurture trust.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Finance Minister Elin Jones said this would be paid for by an increase in rates for the largest businesses to help nurture "thriving high streets" in Welsh communities.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Certain small venues that nurture the scene, like Lodge Room and Zebulon, are the curators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"But the brain is not a blank slate that gets trained by experience. It is a mix of nature and nurture, and the nature is that pre-wired architecture."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Tarzan—“his straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled”—exemplified the ultimate victory of nature over nurture.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Conventional wisdom now has it that Hollywood no longer creates and nurtures young stars in the way it once did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
In actuality, what it nurtures and rewards is dutiful followership.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2025
The domestic game nurtures talent and its importance to the sport in our country should not be underestimated.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
“She’s the mother of the plants and nurtures all of them, and I’m the builder,” Johnsen said.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
It is someone who raises and nurtures you.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
“Through the generational musical voices that he nurtured, he created the soundtrack to all our lives, his legacy has been with us at all our greatest moments.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
There's no doubt during the 20 months since his arrival at Villa's Bodymoor Heath training ground that Hemmings has been nurtured in the strict requirements of 'Emery Ball'.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
This demonstrated that the neuropeptides were not merely associated with caregiving but could actively influence whether an ant nurtured larvae or went searching for food.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
More: Hardcore gamers nurtured Nvidia and the AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
I saw Malcolm X too many times exhilarated in after-lecture give-and-take with predominantly white student bodies at colleges and universities to ever believe that he nurtured at his core any blanket white-hatied.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
"She was begging for help," she said of a woman she described as a "very nurturing, very loving" mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He reduces Bourdain to a zygote who simply needed enough nurturing to become his older, cooler self, when he could, instead, read between the lines to find what makes young Tony special.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Complicating matters, he has never been particularly generous or nurturing, and he has no spouse, children or other immediate next of kin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Many same-sex couples provide loving and nurturing homes to their children, whether biological or adopted. And hundreds of thousands of children are presently being raised by such couples.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“I'm sorry I never volunteered here. I don't know much about nurturing at all. Do you ever let visitors have a tour?”
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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