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nutrient

[noo-tree-uhnt, nyoo-] / ˈnu tri ənt, ˈnju- /
NOUN
source of nourishment
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The proposal targets a market currently dominated by Canada, the world’s largest producer of potash, a vital fertilizer component and an essential plant nutrient with no substitute in global food production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

This sets off a chemical reaction freeing phosphorus, a primary nutrient for the algae, from the lake floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"We found stark separation between the glycoconjugates of cells cultured in conventional medium versus those cultured in a medium that better reflects the nutrient composition of the human body," said Tharp.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Those cells showed widespread changes in gene activity, including shifts in how they processed fuel, reacted to hormones, and detected nutrient availability.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

When I put the nutrient bottle back in the refrigerator, I grab a container of mustard.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

The findings add to growing evidence that nutrients do more than simply provide raw material for the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Because microbes continuously take up, transform, and release nutrients, this form of phosphorus can offer insight into the biologically active portion of the soil phosphorus cycle.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

All of these took a toll on the industry, but none of them proved as ruinous as citrus greening, a disease that clogs trees’ vascular systems, choking off water and nutrients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Root systems protect Lake Tahoe’s clarity by stabilizing soils that could erode, and uptaking nutrients that would feed algae in the lake,” Cowen wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Fire cleared away trees and shrubs, allowing wheat and other grasses to monopolise the sunlight, water and nutrients.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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