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also kindergartener
as in preschooler
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Recent Examples of kindergartner
Between the lines: These numbers are in line with a national rise in vaccine exemptions among kindergartners, suggesting increasing vaccine skepticism among parents nationwide.
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Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Related article 2 kindergartners in critical condition after gunman opened fire at Christian school
The attack at Abundant Life is at least the 83rd school shooting of 2024, surpassing 2023 for the most school shootings in a single year since CNN began tracking such shootings in 2008.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
On December 4, a gunman opened fire at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, as two kindergartners were shot and injured.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
But vaccination rates among children have fallen; only about 92% of kindergartners had gotten their DTaP vaccine for the 2023-2024 school year, below the 95% federal target and leaving thousands of schoolchildren vulnerable.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Related article 2 kindergartners in critical condition after gunman opened fire at Christian school
The attack at Abundant Life is at least the 83rd school shooting of 2024, surpassing 2023 for the most school shootings in a single year since CNN began tracking such shootings in 2008.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
On December 4, a gunman opened fire at Feather River Adventist School in Oroville, California, as two kindergartners were shot and injured.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
But vaccination rates among children have fallen; only about 92% of kindergartners had gotten their DTaP vaccine for the 2023-2024 school year, below the 95% federal target and leaving thousands of schoolchildren vulnerable.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergartner
Noun
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The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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The program is designed to support early literacy skills for preschoolers.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2024
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Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.—
Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
24 June 2024
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Giving Back: Sphero works with the STEM Education Coalition to teach coding to local schoolkids.—
Nick Davidson,
Outside Online,
1 Oct. 2014
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More than 146,000 schoolkids slept in shelters or in the overcrowded homes of friends and extended family, an annual count from Advocates for Children of New York shows.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
16 Dec. 2024
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As a toddler, Mari was envious of her siblings’ green cards.—
Araceli Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
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There was a blending of worlds for Billy's fifth birthday as the toddler apparently had a Pikachu/Spiderman cake for his birthday.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
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Recommended reading Morgan Gibbs-White – the mischievous schoolboy who became a ‘special’ footballer Marcus Rashford at Manchester United.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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The foundation provides scholarships, educational assistance, and athletic guidance to children, adolescents, and young adults striving for positive advancement, according to its website.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The Pitts brood, including adolescents and youngest daughter Onjel, then 2, the same age as Dolen son Sean, moved into Chris and John Dolen’s three bedroom home for about six weeks, Pitts’ wife Marilyn recalls.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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When small family dairy farms were numerous and dotted the countryside, and kids would play summer baseball without adults coaching.—
Tom Redman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The online network, which authorities claim promotes extremist ideology and coerces kids into hurting themselves is shocking in its details, though experts say crimes of this nature are growing.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
6 Feb. 2025
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Based on a novel by Joan Lindsey, the film is about a group of schoolgirls who, on Valentine’s Day in 1900, go to a remote scenic outcropping to spend the day.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Later, after the crackdown was secured, the schoolgirls who were the beating heart of the revolution were systematically poisoned.—
Mariam Memarsadeghi,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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