nurture
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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
Lawrence, who now lives in Hastings, said she also wanted to "celebrate the unsung heroes who bring joy and nurture reading communities through their work".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
A Microsoft spokesman said that the company will continue to nurture successful partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic and that Nadella’s push for an AI reset isn’t a “zero-sum game.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Nature produced you, but nurture has perfected you,” Gertrude often said with pride, as though I were her creation, carved from an unlikely piece of wood.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
"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
In actuality, what it nurtures and rewards is dutiful followership.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 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
It is someone who raises and nurtures you.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
A university lab nurtured the computer scientists who are using ingenuity and imitation to chase down Anthropic and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
More: Hardcore gamers nurtured Nvidia and the AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Representing Portugal at this tournament was a dream Diogo nurtured with everyone who loved him," Fifa president Gianni Infantino wrote on social media, external after meeting the couple.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
They’d all nurtured and cared for me, hoping that I’d take root in this place.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
"She was begging for help," she said of a woman she described as a "very nurturing, very loving" mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
He reduces Bourdain to a zygote who simply needed enough nurturing to become his older, cooler self, when he could, instead, read between the lines to find what makes young Tony special.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 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
Rumsey closed with an appeal for nurturing the artistic temperament in young and old alike, “to stoke that Apollonian ember in all mortal beings.”
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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