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nurseries

noun

plural of nursery

as in centers

a place or environment that favors the development of something ancient Greece is often cited as the nursery of democracy

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a school for children who are generally less than five years old are asking parents not to bring their children to the nursery if they have the flu virus

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Recent Examples of nurseries Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026 With a Scott Dunn kids’ club that’s slicker than most London nurseries, the tribes here fluctuate with the school term timetable. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Both hardy mums and florist mums appear at local nurseries for fall displays. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2026 The Los Angeles County Fire Department Forestry Division also has been offering free oaks, in addition to other native plants, at its two nurseries in San Dimas and Malibu for years. — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 This year, funding was supposed to ramp up to $25 million a year to pay for boats, air tanks, and divers to get the corals out of the nurseries and onto the reef. — Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Other white shark nurseries recognized globally are in the coastal waters off California, Mexico and Australia. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Are there retail nurseries in Maryland that just sell native plants? — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026 Between 1935 and 1942, federal nurseries distributed over 85 million kudzu seedlings to Southern landowners, and the government offered farmers up to $8 per acre to plant the vine on their land. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026

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The story centers on two ex-lovers who come back into each other’s lives after spending decades apart, only to find old feelings stirring with messy and mixed results.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
As of last year, the US had roughly 10 times more AI data centers than China, according to Stanford University research – and vastly more computing power, other estimates show.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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Bezos Academy now operates more than 40 preschools across Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Texas, and Washington, offering full-day programming for children ages 3 to 5.

— Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The case arose because Colorado’s new Universal Preschool Program only provides funding to preschools that agree to abide by a nondiscrimination policy.

— Mark Satta, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

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The earnings test applies to thousands of programs at schools ranging from professional certificates to arts programs at elite universities and seminaries.

— Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026
He is also believed to have furthered his religious studies in seminaries around Quetta and Kuchlak in Balochistan.

— Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

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That’s quite a claim from a man who oversees one of the world’s most prolific hotbeds of anti-vaccine conspiracism.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026
However, Canada’s success at the World Cup could lead to even more interest in soccer in traditional hockey hotbeds.

— Shelby Blackley, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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