as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
children excited about starting preschool
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For around 30 years, Head Start, a federal program that provides free preschool for children in low-income families, among other services, was exempt from a 1998 interpretation of a law that prohibits some immigrants from accessing public benefits.
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Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
The New Albany tornado snapped power lines and damaged trees in a cemetery and outside of a preschool just before midnight.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
On top of this, The Learning Experience, a childcare and early education franchise, recently inked a lease with Hudson Piers to provide full-service childcare, preschool and enrichment programs within the development.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The preschool is accepting new enrollments, including for summer camp and the next school year, Reyes said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
The New Albany tornado snapped power lines and damaged trees in a cemetery and outside of a preschool just before midnight.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
On top of this, The Learning Experience, a childcare and early education franchise, recently inked a lease with Hudson Piers to provide full-service childcare, preschool and enrichment programs within the development.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The preschool is accepting new enrollments, including for summer camp and the next school year, Reyes said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preschool
nursery
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There were no patients in the labor rooms, no newborns in the nursery, and the halls were silent.—
John McHugh,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
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Attorneys for Howard argued that damage to the nursery would have been negligible except the flood waters had been diverted across nursery land by embankments at the city’s new sewerage disposal plant.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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“Preschool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preschool. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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