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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
After Marshall’s son was born, doctors transferred the newborn to a specialty nursery within the hospital.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
By studying this new planetary nursery and others like it, astronomers hope to get a tighter grasp on how our own solar system came to be.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
In the home’s present configuration, one of the bedrooms is outfitted as a gym with a wet bar, while another bedroom is set up as an en suite nursery.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Pick up plants at the nursery to see blooms by June.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
By studying this new planetary nursery and others like it, astronomers hope to get a tighter grasp on how our own solar system came to be.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
In the home’s present configuration, one of the bedrooms is outfitted as a gym with a wet bar, while another bedroom is set up as an en suite nursery.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Pick up plants at the nursery to see blooms by June.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery
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The Slovenian center set the team's career scoring record last month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Flash forward to the present, however, and the data centers that are popping up everywhere are amid the AI boom are most decidedly not being built in the ocean.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
2 Apr. 2026
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Colorado found itself on the wrong side of a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week in a First Amendment violations case, in which the state could return for another First Amendment case if the justices take up a case brought by a group of Catholic preschools.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2026
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On the table is trading his Mercedes S-class for a hybrid or electric car and enrolling his son in a preschool closer to home to avoid that additional 10-mile drive.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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But active nests like those the Tennis Club’s newest residents made cannot be removed or relocated.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the waterways are taken over by this single plant species, less and less habitat is available for our native wildlife to nest, eat, and breed.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
5 Apr. 2026
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Its seminary is the foremost clerical institution in the world, training students from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan in a wide range of topics, including Shiite jurisprudence, Quranic interpretation and Arabic literature.—
Mary Thurlkill,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Larijani was born June, 3, 1958, in Najaf in neighboring Iraq, where his father, Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli, was studying at the Shia seminary.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
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Meyer conjures a hothouse of academic passion and political tumult in one woman’s quest for self-acceptance.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
2 Feb. 2026
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Now the tomatoes are heirloom from hothouses, and unfortunately, my tomato slices were mushy.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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