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nutrient

[noo-tree-uhnt, nyoo-] / ˈnu tri ənt, ˈnju- /
NOUN
source of nourishment
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Now - in what's thought to be one of the largest projects of its kind in the world - hundreds of dairy farms are working out their "nutrient footprint" to help tackle the problem.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

"But farming also has a massive nutrient cycle and when that's out of balance obviously the watercourses are one of the consequences."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The BBC has found increasing numbers of people are arriving at hospitals across the South East either malnourished or with nutrient deficiencies.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

That extra nutrient supported a surge in marine life.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Because of bamboo’s low nutrient value, a panda must eat between twenty and forty pounds a day, even in winter, to gain the nutrition it needs.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

So I drink all of my nutrients on show days before singing, and then after the show I will eat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

"It's obviously looking to protect watercourses and reduce run off from the fields, but it's also trying to prevent excess nutrients being brought on farm," said area manager Sarah Bennett.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

There are endless kinds, each one different depending on where it was drilled, the same way different fruits have different flavors and nutrients.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Those leaked nutrients become an immediate food source for microbes living in the surrounding seawater.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

By systematically depleting nearly all the nutrients from the broth, Beadle found that the mold strains could still grow on a minimal broth containing nothing more than a sugar and a vitamin called biotin.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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