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nursery

[nur-suh-ree] / ˈnɜr sə ri /
NOUN
child's room
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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

"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

When the tempting aroma reached the open windows of the nursery, it brought Master Gogolev to a near breakdown.

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

Ofsted served Bright Horizons, which operates 247 nurseries, a compliance notice after checks between October 2025 and June identified "significant weaknesses in organisational safeguarding leadership, governance, oversight and practice".

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

At some point, I pass a series of commercial greenhouses and nurseries.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven




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