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
Feeding San Diego’s mission is to connect every person in San Diego County facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue.
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Some types are more nutritious, lower in mercury, and more sustainable than others.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 July 2025
For example, there’s no guarantee that city-run grocery stores would be able to provide cheaper and more nutritious foods.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
While Indigenous Australians have used it for thousands of years as both a nutritious food source and a medicine to treat itchy skin and sores, there is limited research into the honey’s antimicrobial properties.
—New Atlas, 29 June 2025
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News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Some types are more nutritious, lower in mercury, and more sustainable than others.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 July 2025
For example, there’s no guarantee that city-run grocery stores would be able to provide cheaper and more nutritious foods.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
While Indigenous Australians have used it for thousands of years as both a nutritious food source and a medicine to treat itchy skin and sores, there is limited research into the honey’s antimicrobial properties.
—New Atlas, 29 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for nutritious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritious
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
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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 21 Jul. 2025.
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