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
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.
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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
Barney & Friends premiered on PBS in 1988 and the live-action show became must-see TV among the nursery school set.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
Barney & Friends premiered on PBS in 1988 and the live-action show became must-see TV among the nursery school set.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery school
Noun
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Located in Oak Park, a quiet neighborhood in Chicago, the residence was originally quite modest with a primary bedroom, nursery, and work space.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2025
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The hospital is also constructing a separate building, one that will house all of its maternal health services, including the NICU, level two nursery and normal newborn nursery, with views of the New York City skyline.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That address is home to the Market Square at Mississippi and Havana Shopping Center, which contains a King Soopers, a Dollar Tree, multiple restaurants, a liquor store and a preschool.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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In 2017, the court backed a church preschool's challenge to its exclusion from a Missouri grant program to resurface playgrounds. – Maureen Groppe Justice Barrett is not participating Justice Amy Coney Barrett is not participating in the oral arguments.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 May 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 23 May. 2025.
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