nourishment
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The result is what Polyakov calls an “intimate symbiosis” that can help Joshua trees growing in dry desert soils reach pockets of nourishment that their roots alone would struggle to access, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The sense of community one can find in a congregation hungry for spiritual nourishment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Xu praised the Chinese government and said "nourishment" from Guangdong has been "inseparable" from Shein's success.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Francis always denounced such ploys, saying that Communion was not a reward for perfect behavior but a kind of spiritual nourishment for everyone, including sinners.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025
“Yours looks all right. I’m eating mine even though it’s vile”—her tongue licked a speck of cereal off the corner of her mouth—“because I need nourishment to take charge on our journey.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Vocabulary from Readings 4, Unit 2
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