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crèche

[kresh, kreysh, kresh] / krɛʃ, kreɪʃ, krɛʃ /


NOUN
manger
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Forbes has since criticised the Scottish Parliament's crèche facilities, which are only available for three hours a day from Tuesday to Thursday.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2025

The group of babies is called a crèche.

From NewsForKids.net May 7, 2024

ACLU, in which the Supreme Court held that the Constitution’s establishment clause barred the displays of a crèche and the Ten Commandments in county courthouses.

From Washington Post Jan. 16, 2022

“The Vatican’s Embarrassing SciFi Crèche,” read a headline in the conservative Catholic Herald, which like many conservative outlets and commentators, condemned the crèche.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2020

In the hall of the home, Celina Aunty set up a little crèche, a set of dolls in a stable: baby Yesu, Mary, Joseph, three kings, a drummer boy, and lots of animals.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

“I’ve seen crèches up to 35 and 50 often, but 70 — that would be a very big crèche,” he told the New York Times.

From NewsForKids.net May 7, 2024

Nathalie Vaillant, a psychologist who helps train early childhood workers, including at Paris-area crèches, thinks 2 is simply too young for school.

From Slate Nov. 30, 2017

It is her description of the nativity scene that has been adapted by most Renaissance artists, and appears today in the countless crèches that abound the world over.

From Salon Dec. 25, 2016

France’s pro-natalist policies, historically inspired by the need to breed soldiers to keep Germany at bay, guarantee Scandinavian levels of spending on family benefits and crèches.

From Economist May 26, 2016

In the chateaux of the South of France crèches are still exhibited, and crèche suppers given to the poorer neighbours, and to some of the rich, who are placed at a table "above the salt."

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson




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