as in preschool
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
one of the first cities to establish crèches so that poor women with children could work outside of the home
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The county is scaling up the program each year, Yambra said, and is on track to have universal preschool for all county residents (11,000 seats) by 2030.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025 -
As of the end of June, around 55,800 children were relying on either the CCDF or Indiana’s On My Way Pre-K vouchers, which help low-income families pay for preschool for 4-year-olds.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
4 Sep. 2025
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Funga harvests fungal spores from a healthy forest and transplants them to a commercial tree nursery, mixes them with water, and applies them directly to saplings in an aqueous solution within a single day or two of harvest.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Wood objects are natural and beautiful, creating a soft aesthetic for your nursery.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Crèche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cr%C3%A8che. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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