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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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Recent Examples of nursery
Like coral reefs, these oyster reefs played crucial ecological roles, providing habitat and nurseries for many other species and filtering vast volumes of water.
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
The nebula's haunting outline t is carved from swirling clouds of gas and dust inside a vast stellar nursery.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Last year, Newsweek shared Millennials are reshaping the gardening and nursery industry with their focus on sustainability and mindful consumption.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
But most of us know them as houseplants, and according to a 1982 University of Florida research paper, Sansevieria has been grown in commercial nurseries in the state to supply the houseplant trade since at least the 1920s.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
The nebula's haunting outline t is carved from swirling clouds of gas and dust inside a vast stellar nursery.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Last year, Newsweek shared Millennials are reshaping the gardening and nursery industry with their focus on sustainability and mindful consumption.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
But most of us know them as houseplants, and according to a 1982 University of Florida research paper, Sansevieria has been grown in commercial nurseries in the state to supply the houseplant trade since at least the 1920s.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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The source of the flare is an active galactic nucleus, or AGN — a bright, compact region at the center of a galaxy — and it’s powered by a supermassive black hole that is actively feeding on material.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Global capability centers have evolved far beyond tech support, but their growth presents challenges for multinationals and Indian cities alike.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The district serves 12,600 students across preschool to twelfth grade.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Marking recommended several cuts related to school programming by the 2026-27 school year, such as eliminating the parent participation preschool, funding for sixth grade camping field trips and paying for testing related to GATE, SAT, International Baccalaureate and AP testing.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Past research has found that the horns may provide the bees with defense against competitors for floral resources, defense against females over nest sites, as well as collecting resin, pebble, or sand for cell closures.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Seattle has a few blue-chip players who set the tone weekly, but facing this unit is like walking into a hornet’s nest and being swarmed from every direction.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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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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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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Waves of trilobite extinctions swept the oceans, and an ancient planet better known for its explosion of life now saw the ambition of this frenzied new animal world periodically stifled under a high-CO2 hothouse.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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