nursery school
Americannoun
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nursery schools
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of nursery school
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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She worried about other potential costs, too: the hospital bill, daycare, nursery school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
Funding was secured in 2023 to build a "like-for-like" replacement school on the Isle of Mull to replace the dilapidated Tobermory High School, which also houses a primary and nursery school.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
I started when I was two; it was my nursery school and kindergarten; I learned the alphabet there, from a picture book called The Bible Letter Book.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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