as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
attends pre-K
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Recent Examples of pre-K
London's daughter recently graduated from Annunciation -- which teaches children in pre-K to eight grade -- and will start high school nearby.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Children as young as pre-K ran for cover, dove beneath pews or clutched their classmates as teachers shielded them from the barrage, acting instinctively to protect them.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The school, which goes from pre-K to eighth grade, had 391 students enrolled for the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—R.j. Rico, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
The city has led the way before with universal pre-K in the de Blasio administration, while Mayor Adams embraces a childcare pilot program for low-income children 2 and under.
—Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2025
Children as young as pre-K ran for cover, dove beneath pews or clutched their classmates as teachers shielded them from the barrage, acting instinctively to protect them.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The school, which goes from pre-K to eighth grade, had 391 students enrolled for the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
—R.j. Rico, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
The city has led the way before with universal pre-K in the de Blasio administration, while Mayor Adams embraces a childcare pilot program for low-income children 2 and under.
—Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pre-K
Noun
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Funga harvests fungal spores from a healthy forest and transplants them to a commercial tree nursery, mixes them with water, and applies them directly to saplings in an aqueous solution within a single day or two of harvest.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Wood objects are natural and beautiful, creating a soft aesthetic for your nursery.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The county is scaling up the program each year, Yambra said, and is on track to have universal preschool for all county residents (11,000 seats) by 2030.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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As of the end of June, around 55,800 children were relying on either the CCDF or Indiana’s On My Way Pre-K vouchers, which help low-income families pay for preschool for 4-year-olds.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The church has a school for children from prekindergarten through eighth grade.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Rockefeller Early Childhood Center is one of five prekindergarten centers operated by the Little Rock School District, which also offers prekindergarten classes at several of its elementary schools.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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