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as in encouragement
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as in fertility
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Recent Examples of nurturance
This function is consistent with the developmental origin of crying in the infants’ need for nurturance, and its evolutionary origin in the separation call of juvenile mammals.
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Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
To some, the primate enclosure offers a nurturance of last resort.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
At the same time, male protagonists in dragon-riding fiction by authors like Jane Yolen, Christopher Paolini, and Cressida Cowell often reflected traits like nurturance, kindness, and empathy long associated with women.
—Rebecca Scofield / Made By History, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
For my character, her organizing principle is nurturance.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 11 May 2023
Hank’s father is a famous literary figure, which makes Hank the junior to a senior who offered nurturance and support to other writers but not to his own son.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
The discovery of a covert unity and nurturance among separate trees acquires a special resonance against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Fragrance brings joy and self-nurturance.
—April Long, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2020
Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
To some, the primate enclosure offers a nurturance of last resort.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
At the same time, male protagonists in dragon-riding fiction by authors like Jane Yolen, Christopher Paolini, and Cressida Cowell often reflected traits like nurturance, kindness, and empathy long associated with women.
—Rebecca Scofield / Made By History, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
For my character, her organizing principle is nurturance.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Van Gogh had unchained it from its age-old funereal associations and reinvented it as a tour de force of emotional connection and nurturance.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 11 May 2023
Hank’s father is a famous literary figure, which makes Hank the junior to a senior who offered nurturance and support to other writers but not to his own son.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
The discovery of a covert unity and nurturance among separate trees acquires a special resonance against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Fragrance brings joy and self-nurturance.
—April Long, Town & Country, 13 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurturance
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How To Get Blanket Flower To Bloom Blanket flowers are prolific bloomers and typically require very little encouragement to set flowers.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 May 2026
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Teachers are meant to be people that students can trust and seek out for mentorship, guidance, and encouragement.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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But pronatalists and social conservatives are also increasingly concerned about fertility and falling birth rates attributed to plastic pollution.—
Justin Zorn,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fertility rates, the average number of births women are projected to have over their lifetime, fell to a record low last year.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The only other two candidates to get double-digit support were Bianco and Becerra.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Public First has spent four hundred and fifty thousand dollars in support of Bores.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The Moon in Capricorn moves through your 6th House, opposing Jupiter in your 12th, highlighting the balance between productivity and recovery.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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Japan’s construction industry is facing a productivity crisis, as soaring material costs and an aging workforce threaten the future of the nation’s $625 billion sector.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Visitors with specific needs can contact Guest Services for assistance.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a report set to be presented Tuesday to the Police Commission, LAPD officials said drones were deployed more than 3,000 times last year, mostly in response to emergency calls or officer requests for assistance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Francisco Sanles, 48, has been charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminal facilitation, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The applicable resale facilitation fees are aligned with industry standards across North American sports and entertainment sectors.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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All of this dazzling richness had been there all along.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Every bite hit me with salt, spice and richness all at once.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
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Bolívar, indeed, had taken aid from Haiti.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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With Western military aid and innovations from Ukraine’s now-thriving domestic defense industry, Kyiv has weakened Russia’s economy and military.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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“Nurturance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurturance. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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