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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
ancient Greece is often cited as the nursery of democracy
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as in preschool
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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These include donating mangroves to help restore the wetlands around the Bahamas, creating coral nurseries, and rescuing and reintroducing animals like sea turtles back into their natural habitats.
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Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Abby MacFarland is the owner of House by the Side of the Road which is a plant nursery and greenhouse in Wilton, New Hampshire.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
The new development is planned for seven acres of that land, in a spot formerly used as a plant nursery, the school said.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took a stunning image of the star cluster known as Westerlund 2, located in a stellar nursery called Gum 29 found within the Carina Nebula.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Abby MacFarland is the owner of House by the Side of the Road which is a plant nursery and greenhouse in Wilton, New Hampshire.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
The new development is planned for seven acres of that land, in a spot formerly used as a plant nursery, the school said.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Recently, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took a stunning image of the star cluster known as Westerlund 2, located in a stellar nursery called Gum 29 found within the Carina Nebula.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery
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It’ll be deployed to Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Applications center in the coming months, and additional customers will adopt it in early 2027.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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This path begins with choosing leaders who will put principle over politics and ideology, with a promise to focus on the middle class as the center of every policy.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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In some species, ants restructure their nests to slow the transmission of a lethal fungus and in others, ant queens eat infected brood to prevent the spread of disease and recover nutrients.—
Arundathi Nair,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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Two recent fires at PG&E substations cut power to thousands, drew condemnation from members of Congress, and spotlighted a year full of safety and maintenance violations at the utility giant’s substations throughout the region, from oil leaks to broken cooling fans and birds’ nests in equipment.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Wendi Montez Martin enrolled at an Assemblies of God seminary, became a pastor and tried to bury the past.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the heart of the unrest is a long-standing exemption that allows ultra-Orthodox men who study full-time in religious seminaries to avoid military service — a policy that many Israelis view as deeply unfair.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Fuentes learned theirs in the hothouse nether reaches of social media.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Nov. 2025
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Lower carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere then cooled the Earth, turning a hothouse planet into one with a more temperate climate, like the one enjoyed by life today.—
Chris Impey,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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