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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 The scientists also found several neonates and newborns in the area, Pardo-Pérez tells Flora Lichtman of Science Friday, which suggests that the site served as a nursery for the prehistoric animals. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025 Harlequin’s has an onsite nursery with quite a few native species, and HPEC is a non-profit online native plant nursery with in-person pick-up. Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 8 July 2025 Use your finger to monitor the moisture • Plant roots cook in black plastic nursery pots this time of year. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025 The Tillery team uses heavy plastic sheets over steel carport frames to create temporary greenhouses to protect the nursery's succulents and cacti. Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for nursery
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  • After parting with Daniel Jones last year, the front office has brought in veteran talent and youth to hold things down under center.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
  • Community amenities include a parking garage, a resort-style pool, pet park, fitness center with a yoga and pilates studio, resident clubhouse and co-working space.
    Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
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  • For around 30 years, Head Start, a federal program that provides free preschool for children in low-income families, among other services, was exempt from a 1998 interpretation of a law that prohibits some immigrants from accessing public benefits.
    Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
  • The New Albany tornado snapped power lines and damaged trees in a cemetery and outside of a preschool just before midnight.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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  • Stay away from the nest for at least a day. Nests that are located in out-of-the-way spots, such as the back of your property, don’t need to be destroyed.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
  • Earlier studies found that more than 35 percent of loggerhead eggs were preyed upon within nests at Ningaloo, including 80 percent at one single rookery.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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  • The future pontiff lived in the house full time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
  • The future pontiff lived in the house full-time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
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  • Santa Monica High was a hothouse of political engagement, where students — the children of entertainment executives, bankers and lawyers, as well as nannies, day laborers and wait staff — were finding their footing as activists.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
  • But amid the hothouse of Middle Eastern politics, no stateside distributor would buy the movie.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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