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also kindergartener
as in preschooler
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Recent Examples of kindergartner
In a message sent to families and staff Sunday, officials said the district was mourning the deaths of Jeffrey Hatcher, 8, a second grade student at Pathfinder Elementary School and Charlotte Hatcher, 6, a kindergartner.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
The kindergartner wore a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer hair clip and was excited about performing in a Christmas production.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The share of kindergartners with vaccine exemptions increased in 40 states plus Washington, D.C., during the 2023-24 school year, per the CDC.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
In the Fort Worth school district, the county’s largest, the number of kindergartners who are up-to-date with the MMR vaccine has dropped from 96% of students in the 2019-20 school year to 84% in 2023-24.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
The kindergartner wore a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer hair clip and was excited about performing in a Christmas production.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The share of kindergartners with vaccine exemptions increased in 40 states plus Washington, D.C., during the 2023-24 school year, per the CDC.
—Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
In the Fort Worth school district, the county’s largest, the number of kindergartners who are up-to-date with the MMR vaccine has dropped from 96% of students in the 2019-20 school year to 84% in 2023-24.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergartner
Noun
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This all-in-one sound machine provides a soft light and white noise for overnight newborn feeding sessions, calming stories for preschoolers, and a time-to-rise function for older kids.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome. —1945: The Year the War Ended, 1 p.m. March 1.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 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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But culturally—in New York, at least—a better comparison might be to the corner pizzeria swiftly doling out slices on paper plates to schoolkids, budget-minded parents, and late-night revellers.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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But to a Catholic schoolkid accustomed to seeing priests as untouchable vessels of piety — so naïve, right?—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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According to the police department, the toddler used an old cellphone that can still be used to call 911 in an emergency but has no other functional use.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Jason posted a video of Lauren holding the toddler in her arms on his Instagram feed and Story.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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When a group of schoolboy cricketers founded the club in 1882, their choice of name was ‘Hotspur FC’.—
Mark Critchley,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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In September last year, a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy was killed in a second knife attack near another Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen.—
Chris Lau,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Effectiveness was 32% for children and adolescents, from the CDC's U.S. Flu VE network of health care systems.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the 2010s, the developmental scientist Ron Dahl and Jennifer Silk, a University of Pittsburgh psychology professor, started wondering what went on inside adolescents’ brains when their parents nagged them.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Rocky Gap participates in the Maryland Park Service's Scales & Tales education program for kids.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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Julie Andrews as Maria Andrews starred as Maria, the precocious and inspirational governess who helps the von Trapp kids learn to embrace music and family — and later becomes their stepmother.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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An 11-year-old schoolgirl from Texas has taken her own life after bullies threatened to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to deport her.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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The plummeting object missed her but hit a nearby house, killing a fifth-grade schoolgirl.—
Martin Fackler,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Kindergartner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergartner. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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