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Recent Examples of kindergarten
New York City is set to launch its first 2-K program this fall, which will provide 2,000 free sets to children ages 2 through kindergarten.
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Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
The district has about 2,660 high school seniors across four schools, but only 1,693 kindergarten students.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
Students in kindergarten through fifth grade will move to Neeskara, while sixth- and seventh-grade students will attend Golda Meir.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
In 2016, about 93% of the county’s school-age kids entered kindergarten in OCPS.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
The district has about 2,660 high school seniors across four schools, but only 1,693 kindergarten students.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2026
Students in kindergarten through fifth grade will move to Neeskara, while sixth- and seventh-grade students will attend Golda Meir.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
In 2016, about 93% of the county’s school-age kids entered kindergarten in OCPS.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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Two men have been indicted on federal charges of possessing guns in a school zone, though the case stems from a shootout across the street from an elementary school, in a liquor store parking lot, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Donovan could attempt to add more and attach his name to the school's legacy.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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This season, for Kitty, for Yuri, for all of our characters, is really about all of them being on the precipice of adulthood, and transitioning in this final year of being seniors in high school into being adults.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox took the floor for a game in Milwaukee with a headband on, in hopes of throwing his look back to his high school days at Cypress Lakes in Katy.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
2 Apr. 2026
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This year, more than 2,600 OCPS students left public school to use those scholarships, also called vouchers, according to Step Up For Students, which administers most of Florida’s scholarships.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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My father was a public school teacher.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Raducanu attended Newstead Wood School, a highly selective secondary school in Orpington, Greater London.—
Laura Payne,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.—
William McCorkle,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento Police Department on Sunday night released body camera footage of an officer shooting a suspect near an elementary school last month in the Northgate area.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the Lake Nona name was already used for a high school and middle school, the elementary school was not located in the development itself.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Talankin was a beloved events coordinator and school videographer at his primary school in the remote Russian town of Karabash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Wunmi also developed a curious daily ritual of coming home every day after primary school, drinking cartons of long-life milk, and watching Annie.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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Ksenia Matson was a special education teacher at the middle school.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The pair met in middle school; Hammond was in seventh grade, and Betts was in eighth.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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