day nursery

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. 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
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Noun
  • Located in Oak Park, a quiet neighborhood in Chicago, the residence was originally quite modest with a primary bedroom, nursery, and work space.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
  • The hospital is also constructing a separate building, one that will house all of its maternal health services, including the NICU, level two nursery and normal newborn nursery, with views of the New York City skyline.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • Last week, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill that would allow contraceptives to be sold in nursery school, preschool, elementary and high school vending machines.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The church also ran a community laundry, an employment office, a nursery school, and a clinic of sorts, with free medical and dental care.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • That address is home to the Market Square at Mississippi and Havana Shopping Center, which contains a King Soopers, a Dollar Tree, multiple restaurants, a liquor store and a preschool.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
  • In 2017, the court backed a church preschool's challenge to its exclusion from a Missouri grant program to resurface playgrounds. – Maureen Groppe Justice Barrett is not participating Justice Amy Coney Barrett is not participating in the oral arguments.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025

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