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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
The 22-year-old worked at the nursery between January and June of 2024.
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 17 June 2025
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
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
Also in 1976: The Great Ape House, which included six indoor habitats and a nursery plus an outdoor habitat, opened at Lincoln Park Zoo.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Christina Coulter, People.com, 17 June 2025
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
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
Also in 1976: The Great Ape House, which included six indoor habitats and a nursery plus an outdoor habitat, opened at Lincoln Park Zoo.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery
Noun
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Dressmaker and activist Mary Dickerson (top row, center) inspires a character in HBO's The Gilded Age.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 July 2025
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At the center of the bodice of her look was a keyhole cutout — a signature motif featured throughout several Schiaparelli designs dating back to the 1930s.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The Doherty Campus spans 5 acres and is home to a lower school for children in preschool through fifth grade.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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With a voucher, children can attend participating private and public preschools authorized by the state.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Stay away from the nest for at least a day. Nests that are located in out-of-the-way spots, such as the back of your property, don’t need to be destroyed.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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Earlier studies found that more than 35 percent of loggerhead eggs were preyed upon within nests at Ningaloo, including 80 percent at one single rookery.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The future pontiff lived in the house full time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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The future pontiff lived in the house full-time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Santa Monica High was a hothouse of political engagement, where students — the children of entertainment executives, bankers and lawyers, as well as nannies, day laborers and wait staff — were finding their footing as activists.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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But amid the hothouse of Middle Eastern politics, no stateside distributor would buy the movie.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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