Synonyms

nursing

British

/ ˈnɜːsɪŋ /

noun

1. the practice or profession of caring for the sick and injured
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a nursing home

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Example Sentences

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Any more time traveling and her health would have started declining until she looked like one of the fragile Glitchers who lived in the nursing home on the edge of the Academy.

From Literature

She also volunteered with the Covid Tracking Project, where she helped collect data on the spread of the virus in nursing homes.

From The Wall Street Journal

In nursing homes mushrooming across the Mexican border, elderly Americans are turning up for low-cost care.

From The Wall Street Journal

When I heard Daisy mention that Red Cross nursing business, I started getting out of bed.

From Literature

Instead, this February, she was taken to a nursing home in Uckfield - an hour from her home and family.

From BBC

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