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day nursery

noun

Definition of day nursery

as in nursery

a school for children who are generally less than five years old committed to the needs of its employees with young children, the insurance company has its own on-site day nursery

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Recent Examples of day nursery It was already filled with a day nursery, sewing classes and Sunday school. — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021 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 The house, Hello Magazine reports, comes with five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, and staff quarters. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020

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This year, funding was supposed to ramp up to $25 million a year to pay for boats, air tanks, and divers to get the corals out of the nurseries and onto the reef.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
In May, while attending the International Carnivorous Plant Symposium and Expo in Kernersville, a man with the nursery was trying to see if any other gardens might want Dolly.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of nursery

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The 1865 Pine Grove Schoolhouse closed in 1949 and was used as a nursery school and then was used as a meeting space for the Boy Scouts.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Her father was a clothing manufacturer and her mother a Hunter College graduate who founded and ran a nursery school.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of nursery school

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Shortly after dropping his children off at preschool and going to the gym, the Florida State University law professor was sitting in his car in his driveway when he was shot twice in the head at point-blank range.

— Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
And the laws do not apply to stand-alone preschools or daycare centers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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