as in nurseries
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
committed to the needs of its employees with young children, the insurance company has its own on-site day nursery
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nurseries
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Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Two other dams, Link River and Keno, still bar salmon from reaching their farthest nurseries.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Day nurseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/day%20nurseries. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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