day nursery

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
  • The expecting parents decided to find out their baby's gender while preparing the nursery.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 5 Mar. 2025
  • In case you were majorly inspired by the nursery in Joseph Altuzarra’s Hamptons home, get the look with the designer dad’s West Elm collab.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Democratic delegates even voted down an amendment that would have kept these vending machines out of elementary schools, kindergartens and nursery schools!
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The kids hug each other, of course, and parents hug their kids, and also adults at training sessions for nursery school teachers did it, too.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Cooper, who was in preschool, was always on the move and loved looking out for his younger brother, who was his best friend, according to the obituary.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The states, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, argue Musk and his assistants aren’t authorized to access the payment system, could jeopardize confidential information and could block federal funds to states for health clinics, preschools, climate initiatives, and other programs.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025

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