day nursery

Definition of day nurserynext
as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old committed to the needs of its employees with young children, the insurance company has its own on-site day nursery

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Recent Examples of day nursery It was already filled with a day nursery, sewing classes and Sunday school. — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021 The organization’s beginning can be traced back to 1881, when a local women’s group named Western Association incorporated as Detroit Day Nursery and Kindergarten Association to provide a day nursery for working mothers. — Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2021 The house, Hello Magazine reports, comes with five reception rooms, three main bedrooms, dressing rooms, a night and day nursery, and staff quarters. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020
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Noun
  • New York — As a new mom-to-be, my social media feeds have clocked me — funneling endless videos my way about pregnancy, nursery prep and birth stories, to the point of baby information overload.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The nursery is designed to produce low-cost seedlings for conservation, with some trees available for purchase and others used to restore forests affected by wildfires.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The 1865 Pine Grove Schoolhouse closed in 1949 and was used as a nursery school and then was used as a meeting space for the Boy Scouts.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Her father was a clothing manufacturer and her mother a Hunter College graduate who founded and ran a nursery school.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The new study — published by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Learning Policy Institute — indicates that preschool and TK can help close that gap.
    — Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Randall Oak Zoo preschool was another program in which fees may need to go up.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Day nursery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/day%20nursery. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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