nurture
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"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
Hunnam believes that in Gein’s case it was a combination of nature and nurture that shaped him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The nurture, as we see it here, was far, far worse than his nature.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
More useful to nurture important industries are tax credits, which increase productivity 10 times more than other industrial-policy tools such as grants and loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The butterfly poked its tiny proboscis down into her hair, probing for nurture, then flew away unsatisfied.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
"Hey, who knows what's around the corner, but pop music nurtures me... my passion for music is greater than ever."
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
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
He correctly wagered that allowing the audience to sit with one of his families inside their living space as they sort life challenges nurtures understanding and empathy.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
Berlin’s international reputation as a liberal, relaxed city that nurtures artists’ freedom to express whatever they want is under threat.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
The water roars and tumbles below us, sending up a soft spray that nurtures mosses and maidenhair ferns where it falls.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
For Subhrasree, the two-week tour was to be her first pilgrimage, and a dream she had nurtured for years.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
She nurtured me and allowed my artistic side to grow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
More: Hardcore gamers nurtured Nvidia and the AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
She should have nurtured that conversation, however, instead of shutting it down, because Amanda was one of the few people who spoke to her.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Chase Infiniti discusses her meteroic rise, her Emmy nomination for “The Testaments” and nurturing the ambition to become an actor since age 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
Parallel to Byrd’s stirring public advocacy is a crucial personal thread: her nurturing of Shelly, whose progressing dementia requires regular supervision.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
But there is a deeper appeal in nurturing an industry geared to Germany’s high-tech strengths at a time when its exporters are facing intensifying competition from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The substitute Laborers, who would be given a different holiday, took over all the necessary tasks: nurturing, food delivery, and care of the Old; and the community was free.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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