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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
Visits to the nursery are by appointment only.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
These pesticides are safe only when left on the shelf at the nursery.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The tourist attraction in Cleveland, Georgia, offers free tours of the nursery and cabbage patch.
—Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Though big-box plant stores and global retailers have threatened to price out small nurseries in the area, Johnson said Talini’s serves a niche purpose for gardeners that has helped protect it.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
These pesticides are safe only when left on the shelf at the nursery.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The tourist attraction in Cleveland, Georgia, offers free tours of the nursery and cabbage patch.
—Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Though big-box plant stores and global retailers have threatened to price out small nurseries in the area, Johnson said Talini’s serves a niche purpose for gardeners that has helped protect it.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery
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The Slovenian center set the team's career scoring record last month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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Colorado found itself on the wrong side of a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week in a First Amendment violations case, in which the state could return for another First Amendment case if the justices take up a case brought by a group of Catholic preschools.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2026
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On the table is trading his Mercedes S-class for a hybrid or electric car and enrolling his son in a preschool closer to home to avoid that additional 10-mile drive.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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But active nests like those the Tennis Club’s newest residents made cannot be removed or relocated.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the waterways are taken over by this single plant species, less and less habitat is available for our native wildlife to nest, eat, and breed.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
5 Apr. 2026
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Its seminary is the foremost clerical institution in the world, training students from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan in a wide range of topics, including Shiite jurisprudence, Quranic interpretation and Arabic literature.—
Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Larijani was born June, 3, 1958, in Najaf in neighboring Iraq, where his father, Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli, was studying at the Shia seminary.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
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Meyer conjures a hothouse of academic passion and political tumult in one woman’s quest for self-acceptance.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
2 Feb. 2026
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Now the tomatoes are heirloom from hothouses, and unfortunately, my tomato slices were mushy.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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