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- adjective properly nourished
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Examples
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[I] t is a long stretch to compare a half-starved bird that kills all her nestlings to a well-nourished woman who just delivered a baby and gets depressed two days later.
An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But, it is a long stretch to compare a half-starved bird that kills all her nestlings to a well-nourished woman who just delivered a baby and gets depressed two days later.
An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The whole idea that mid-adulthood promises "delight in the feelings of control, experience, and being settled" can thrive only in a society that is healthy, well-nourished and freed from the debilitating effects of years of hard, physical labor.
Old Enough to Know Better Kay Hymowitz 2012
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Humans do not possess either the digestive enzymes or the multiple-pouched digestive system enjoyed by ruminant animals, which are capable of consuming and being well-nourished by grain-based carbohydrates in their naturally-occurring state.
Georgianna Donadio, MSc, Ph.D., D.C.: Rethinking Grain-Based Carbohydrates Part II Georgianna Donadio 2011
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Left alone – literally, for enthusiasts of the latest fad, unassisted childbirth – a well-nourished western woman should be able to ride the waves of pain in a traditional thermostatic birth pool supplied by an all-natural combi-boiler.
Please, render unto caesareans a little less hysteria | Catherine Bennett 2011
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There's a shooting-fish-in-a-barrel aspect to catering to the NYC bourgeoisie; their children attend fine pre-schools, can read by age 6, are well-nourished, and live in homes -- not homeless shelters.
Michele Somerville: When 'Failing' Schools Close and Whiter, Brighter Schools Open Michele Somerville 2011
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It will also have an impact on them, particularly girls - when they become mothers, they will not be able to give birth to well-nourished children, something known as the low birth weight children.
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It will also have an impact on them, particularly girls - when they become mothers, they will not be able to give birth to well-nourished children, something known as the low birth weight children.
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There's a shooting-fish-in-a-barrel aspect to catering to the NYC bourgeoisie; their children attend fine pre-schools, can read by age 6, are well-nourished, and live in homes -- not homeless shelters.
Michele Somerville: When 'Failing' Schools Close and Whiter, Brighter Schools Open Michele Somerville 2011
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Humans do not possess either the digestive enzymes or the multiple-pouched digestive system enjoyed by ruminant animals, which are capable of consuming and being well-nourished by grain-based carbohydrates in their naturally-occurring state.
Georgianna Donadio, MSc, Ph.D., D.C.: Rethinking Grain-Based Carbohydrates Part II Georgianna Donadio 2011
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