nursery school
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nursery school
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Schoolchildren in the town were told to commute in a group or use school buses, while nursery school preschool children refrained from playing outside.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
The town posted the image on X quickly on Wednesday morning, because the alleged sighting was near a nursery school, the official said.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
The children were carried to an emergency reception point in a safe zone, a few hundred metres from the nursery school.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
Seeing the jubilant faces “really shocked me,” said Ms. Okuno, 22, a nursery school teacher who grew up in Hiroshima and has worked as a peace and environmental activist.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The boiled yam and peppery greens refused to go down my throat; they clung to my mouth like children clinging to their mothers’ hand at a nursery school entrance.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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