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nursery

[nur-suh-ree] / ˈnɜr sə ri /
NOUN
child's room
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"I can't get him vaccinated, or enrol him in nursery or school," she says.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

In the open ocean, floating algae can form important habitats and nursery grounds for marine species, potentially supporting fisheries.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Once imported the plants have to go through a government quarantine, before they are planted in a nursery.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

From certain angles it seems not much bigger than the shoe occupied by the old woman in the nursery rhyme.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

He was far too preoccupied with himself and his herring to notice that his students were no longer in the nursery.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

A spectacular new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope offers a front row view of one of the universe's busiest stellar nurseries.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

French state-owned utility EDF said on Friday it would allocate 80 million euros to equip schools, nurseries and daycare centres with cooling systems to help them cope with future heatwaves.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

The study also uncovered the worker bees responsible for creating and maintaining these royal nurseries.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

From March 2021 to March 2025, the BBC has found, Bright Horizons nurseries were getting WRNs at the average rate for England.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

In the nurseries all the little boys were moving heaven and earth to persuade their mothers to have hard pears for dinner, which were stewed in honey-syrup and vinegar, and eaten with whipped cream.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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