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nursery

[nur-suh-ree] / ˈnɜr sə ri /
NOUN
child's room
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But since then, Dáibhin has got on with life - and started nursery as planned last September.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

The education secretary was referring to Labour's plan to tackle child poverty, external, which included scrapping the two-child benefits cap, expanding free childcare and free school meals, and creating 3,000 extra nursery places.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

According to Baer, the process resembles something far more organized than a typical insect nursery.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

Researchers have discovered that future queens are raised inside specially designed nursery chambers built by young worker bees.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

And here at nursery school, probably all the children were learning to be nurses, and that meant—oh, no...

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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