as in nursery
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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Recent Examples of day nursery
It was already filled with a day nursery, sewing classes and Sunday school.
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Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
The organization’s beginning can be traced back to 1881, when a local women’s group named Western Association incorporated as Detroit Day Nursery and Kindergarten Association to provide a day nursery for working mothers.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2021
The house, Hello Magazine reports, comes with five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, and staff quarters.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020
Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
The organization’s beginning can be traced back to 1881, when a local women’s group named Western Association incorporated as Detroit Day Nursery and Kindergarten Association to provide a day nursery for working mothers.
—Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2021
The house, Hello Magazine reports, comes with five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, and staff quarters.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for day nursery
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By contrast, the warmer, shallower coastal lagoons of Baja California provide relatively predator-free nursery grounds for their newborn calves.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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These days the top of the crossing is busy with workers planting hundreds of native plants grown from seed at the project’s nursery nearby.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The yelps and chatter of a nursery school recess clattered down from a small hill overlooking the scene.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Children wave their hands at a private nursery school January 28, 2005, in Glasgow, Scotland.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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After Chavez died, official mourning was declared across Cuba to the degree that singing was banned that day in my then-2-year-old daughter’s preschool in Havana.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA), a leader in preschool to 12th grade education for more than 45 years, will be the first school in San Diego County – public or independent – to offer the Summer UC California Naturalist Certification for 9-12 grade students, according to a news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Day nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/day%20nursery. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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