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nutrient

[noo-tree-uhnt, nyoo-] / ˈnu tri ənt, ˈnju- /
NOUN
source of nourishment
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Upping the nutrient is a frequent topic of conversation among users on social media, which Conagra has been closely monitoring.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Instead of simply eating more pollen to compensate for missing nutrients, bees may reduce their intake when another nutrient becomes excessive.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Frain, a trained chef, is now working on “protein hero” projects like a buffalo mac and cheese with 40 grams of the nutrient.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The biggest individual problem is phosphate - a nutrient from sewage and farm runoff - with around half of rivers still exceeding safe levels.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

But for those who’ve lived as refugees longer than memory, learning to believe in the nutrient cycle requires something close to a religious conversion.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Huel, based in Hertfordshire, was founded by Julian Hearn in 2015 to provide nutritionally complete food products, aimed at reducing meal times and providing essential nutrients.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The government previously identified, external that "nutrients from outside the bay, run-off from streams that contain fertiliser and treated waste water from the water treatment works' all normally contribute to the growth of sea lettuce".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The lower concentration can cause nutrient deficiency, coupled with the reduced ability of the baby's body to absorb the nutrients, NCT said.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

So exercise helps gets this fluid, and the nutrients it contains, to cartilage.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 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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