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
Barney & Friends premiered on PBS in 1988 and the live-action show became must-see TV among the nursery school set.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
Zoning began as a mechanism to prevent nursery schools next to slaughterhouses.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Everyone tells the new nursery school teacher, American Francesca Loftfield, how safe the village is.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Things became slightly trickier with their second child, because his nursery school was a 25-minute walk away from their home.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
Zoning began as a mechanism to prevent nursery schools next to slaughterhouses.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Everyone tells the new nursery school teacher, American Francesca Loftfield, how safe the village is.
—Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
Things became slightly trickier with their second child, because his nursery school was a 25-minute walk away from their home.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery school
Noun
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Until now, those were mostly guessing games that resulted in going down an internet rabbit hole or taking a trip to your local plant nursery.—
Christianna Silva,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2025
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The council removed the medical-only restriction in 2020 to allow adult-use cultivation and nurseries.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Jan. 2025
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When her first child was born in 1972, Christy left her teaching job and soon realized that there was not a good preschool in her neighborhood.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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An additional 100 Waldorf students attended a separate high school and preschool at separate campus, which survived the fire.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 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 Feb. 2025.
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