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nursery

[nur-suh-ree] / ˈnɜr sə ri /
NOUN
child's room
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The two-year-old girl was picked up and driven away from Kids Planet in Crosby on Merseyside by the grandfather of another child before he realised the mistake and she was returned to the nursery.

From BBC Aug. 4, 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

"They know where the species congregate and where the nursery grounds are."

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Its name is inspired by the nursery rhyme Old Mother Goose, reflecting the idea of an ancient goose emerging from the mud of a fossil deposit.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

The howl of pain came from the back nursery, where Penelope found Cassiopeia in her bed, whimpering and thrashing to and fro.

From "The Interrupted Tale" 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

The majority of Bright Horizons nurseries are meeting requirements.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

In contrast to the lush growth within the nurseries, the grounds of the park had been scraped free of all vegetation.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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