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as in center
a place or environment that favors the development of something
ancient Greece is often cited as the nursery of democracy
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as in preschool
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
are asking parents not to bring their children to the nursery if they have the flu virus
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Recent Examples of nursery
The cellophane insulates the plant from temperature changes that can happen while it’s being transported from the nursery to the store and from the store to your house.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
The film opens with Justin just having put the finishing touches on the nursery, surprising Ally.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
The private, nonprofit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 15 Oct. 2024
But slowly, those involved with seeds say, everyday people started to remember something humans have known for millennia, and a niche group of growers in the U.S. have been advocating for decades: Plants don’t need to start off in little paper packets, or in plastic containers at the nursery.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
The film opens with Justin just having put the finishing touches on the nursery, surprising Ally.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
The private, nonprofit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 15 Oct. 2024
But slowly, those involved with seeds say, everyday people started to remember something humans have known for millennia, and a niche group of growers in the U.S. have been advocating for decades: Plants don’t need to start off in little paper packets, or in plastic containers at the nursery.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nursery
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Next week, temperatures in the northern Plains will trend above average, according to the NWS center.Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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At the center of the trial is Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old woman whose former husband, Dominique Pelicot, drugged her and invited men to rape her for over a decade.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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Paramedics were called to the preschool and treated the affected children.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Rosen’s philanthropy reaches far and wide in Orlando – with multimillion-dollar investments to send children from underserved neighborhoods to preschool and college, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings noted in a statement.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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All of the hives were placed in the field by Staab ahead of time to demonstrate Gerty's ability to locate the nests.Nicole Cobler, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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At the Illinois seminary, Listecki was Grob's professor for a moral theology class.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Established last year, Nazareth is described by the diocese as Arizona’s first full-fledged Catholic seminary.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
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The big exception is in the Cretaceous (a period dominated by dinosaurs), which saw a hothouse climate develop, while carbon dioxide levels appeared to remain flat.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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By contrast, during hothouse periods, the equator-to-pole difference tended to be on the order of 15° to 25° C. Heating the globe One thing that is clear from comparing this record with carbon dioxide is that there's a close correlation between the two.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nursery. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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