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nourishing

[nur-i-shing, nuhr-] / ˈnɜr ɪ ʃɪŋ, ˈnʌr- /


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Padma was about bringing these kinds of conversations together in a nourishing space — like over a beautiful meal — to invite care and participation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

"Instead of being solely focused on athletics, I'm making sure that I'm nourishing some things away from the track," she adds.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

They sit in similar registers — closer to porridge than broth, a texture that my brain immediately interprets as nourishing.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

It would be strategically worse than managed dependence because we’d be nourishing our own competition in the second-largest AI market in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Irrigating her fields, nourishing her crops with other people’s passions.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy