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
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Proceeds will support the project’s nursery, which is featured in a new Save LA Cougars video explaining how all the crossing’s native plants, soils and compost have been chosen and nurtured.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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King eventually managed half of the plantings, working with area nurseries on sapling and seed provenance, as NRG ecologists tried to keep pace.—
Robert Sullivan,
Curbed,
9 June 2025
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On My Way Pre-K provides state vouchers for quality, free preschool for 4-year-olds from income-eligible families.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
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The incident took place near a grocery store and preschool.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
10 June 2025
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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 4 Jul. 2025.
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