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  • noun Plural form of nourish.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nourish.

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Examples

  • Jacking up the confrontation with Iran would serve the interests of the 1% and hurt the interests of the 99%: it would produce more spending and focus on the military economy at the expense of the productive domestic economy that employs and nourishes the 99%.

    Robert Naiman: An Iran Policy for the 99%: Yes to the Medical Nuke Deal Robert Naiman 2011

  • Starting a war allows them to create a long-term structural change in the political terrain -- one that can long outlast their time in office -- sucking resources and focus from the productive, domestic economy that employs and nourishes the 99% to the military economy that makes the military contractors rich but creates few jobs in the U.S. compared to domestic private and public spending.

    Robert Naiman: An Iran Policy for the 99%: Yes to the Medical Nuke Deal Robert Naiman 2011

  • A society that nourishes itself on processed junk food is a society that produces, creates and is...junk.

    Christina Pirello: The Gift Of Food Christina Pirello 2011

  • Starting a war allows them to create a long-term structural change in the political terrain -- one that can long outlast their time in office -- sucking resources and focus from the productive, domestic economy that employs and nourishes the 99% to the military economy that makes the military contractors rich but creates few jobs in the U.S. compared to domestic private and public spending.

    Robert Naiman: An Iran Policy for the 99%: Yes to the Medical Nuke Deal Robert Naiman 2011

  • Jacking up the confrontation with Iran would serve the interests of the 1% and hurt the interests of the 99%: it would produce more spending and focus on the military economy at the expense of the productive domestic economy that employs and nourishes the 99%.

    Robert Naiman: An Iran Policy for the 99%: Yes to the Medical Nuke Deal Robert Naiman 2011

  • A society that nourishes itself on whole, unprocessed food; food as Mother Nature created it not Monsanto, not Kraft or some other monolithic food corporation is a society that respects all living things... the planet and the life on it.

    Christina Pirello: The Gift Of Food Christina Pirello 2011

  • A society that nourishes itself on whole, unprocessed food; food as Mother Nature created it not Monsanto, not Kraft or some other monolithic food corporation is a society that respects all living things... the planet and the life on it.

    Christina Pirello: The Gift Of Food Christina Pirello 2011

  • These taxes have gone to support a spendthrift local government that nourishes itself at the expense of the private sector.

    How Stimulus Spending Ruined Buffalo Steven Malanga 2012

  • A society that nourishes itself on processed junk food is a society that produces, creates and is...junk.

    Christina Pirello: The Gift Of Food Christina Pirello 2011

  • Starting a war allows them to create a long-term structural change in the political terrain -- one that can long outlast their time in office -- sucking resources and focus from the productive, domestic economy that employs and nourishes the 99% to the military economy that makes the military contractors rich but creates few jobs in the U.S. compared to domestic private and public spending.

    Robert Naiman: An Iran Policy for the 99%: Yes to the Medical Nuke Deal Robert Naiman 2011

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