as in nutritional
providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth opted for a nutritious snack and bought an apple instead of a candy bar

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Recent Examples of nutritious The second half of the playlist is all about helping your kids get excited about nutritious and delicious foods—these songs fall into the category of CoComelon songs that teach kids positive eating habits. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 May 2025 The opportunity to make seeds more productive, and crops more nutritious either by improving seeds or doing food fortification by adding some micronutrients in later—that’s super important work. Alice Park, Time, 8 May 2025 Home made burgers and pizzas are so balanced and nutritious. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 These practices reap more nutritious and abundant crop yields to build healthier communities and help conserve resources and sequester carbon to combat climate change. Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for nutritious
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nutritive
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  • These zero-cal options get their flavor from an artificial non-nutritive sweetener called aspartame.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Mar. 2025
  • You Crave Ice Iron deficiency can cause pica, eating or craving non-nutritive substances like ice, dirt, uncooked rice, or paper.
    Isabel Vasquez RD LDN, Health, 4 Feb. 2025

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“Nutritious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritious. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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