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nourishment

[nur-ish-muhnt, nuhr-] / ˈnɜr ɪʃ mənt, ˈnʌr- /


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Inulin is a prebiotic, which means it provides nourishment for beneficial gut bacteria.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Hardly anything is overdone here and, in one essential way, Enyedi is also making the case for movies themselves as phenomena to protect and treasure: ecosystems of light, texture, wonder and nourishment.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Xu praised the Chinese government and said "nourishment" from Guangdong has been "inseparable" from Shein's success.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

But they also “triggered an explosion of creativity. Music served as an individual and collective strategy of resistance, producing mental and spiritual nourishment no less indispensable than food.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Still others projected their hurts and longings into more naive and mundane forms—blues, jazz, swing—and, without intellectual guidance, tried to build up a compensatory nourishment for themselves.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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