as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
parents trying to find the right nursery school for their children
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Recent Examples of nursery school
The Democratic delegates even voted down an amendment that would have kept these vending machines out of elementary schools, kindergartens and nursery schools!
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
Last week, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill that would allow contraceptives to be sold in nursery school, preschool, elementary and high school vending machines.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
Murakami’s mother picked up his 6-year-old son, Yuta, at his nursery school after the earthquake.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Kaplan caught the attention of Memento Mori cofounder Adriel Lares when Lares won a case of magnums from Howell Mountain, where Arkenstone is located, at a fundraiser at Kaplan’s son’s nursery school.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
Last week, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill that would allow contraceptives to be sold in nursery school, preschool, elementary and high school vending machines.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2025
Murakami’s mother picked up his 6-year-old son, Yuta, at his nursery school after the earthquake.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Kaplan caught the attention of Memento Mori cofounder Adriel Lares when Lares won a case of magnums from Howell Mountain, where Arkenstone is located, at a fundraiser at Kaplan’s son’s nursery school.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery school
Noun
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Wallpaper is a great choice for a nursery or child’s room too.—
Nina Derwin,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
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Powdery root hormone is available at most nurseries and home centers, and may be ordered online as well.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
17 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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It was already filled with a day nursery, sewing classes and Sunday school.—
Carole Carlson,
chicagotribune.com,
22 Oct. 2021
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The organization’s beginning can be traced back to 1881, when a local women’s group named Western Association incorporated as Detroit Day Nursery and Kindergarten Association to provide a day nursery for working mothers.—
Scott Talley,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Apr. 2021
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“Nursery school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery%20school. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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