nurture
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The festival is designed to nurture not just comedians but the surrounding community.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Sakamoto said her coach had told her that she could "nurture a future gold medallist. So maybe you’ll see me as a coach at the Olympics."
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
"The debate between nature and nurture is a long-standing discussion in both biology and society," says co-first author Wenliang Wang, PhD, a staff scientist in Ecker's lab.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
Like friendships and families, Kate says you have to invest and nurture your relationship throughout, not just at the start.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Later, after we’d finished our salads, Mr. Tushman made a speech about the importance of supporting the arts at Beecher Prep so the school could continue to nurture the kind of “talent” they’d watched tonight.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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