preschooler

Definition of preschoolernext

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Recent Examples of preschooler The preschooler wandered the room, swinging a thin plastic rod from a set of window blinds like a toy sword. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026 After more than a week at the Dilley center, the preschooler and his Ecuadorian father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered them to be released. Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026 The five year old Ecuadorian preschooler was held for more than a week with his father at an immigration facility in south Texas after being arrested by ICE agents before a federal judge ordered his return over the weekend. Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 School officials said Liam Conejo Ramos, a preschooler, and his father were detained in their driveway after school on Tuesday. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for preschooler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preschooler
Noun
  • The emotional service and burial come after the Wellesley church held a vigil for the two young elementary school students — Kai was a second grader and Ella was a kindergartener, both at Schofield Elementary School — in April, according to NBC 10 Boston.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Our program, by contrast, automatically enrolls every public school kindergartener, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, unless their family opts out.
    Debra-Ellen Glickstein, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There were toddlers among the abducted children, according to the outlet.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • On a bench outside, as mums with their toddlers drink coffee, Trusty is talking about his start in a sport he was mocked for playing as a youngster.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Her two-year-old daughter and an infant son were found in the home, unharmed, according to police.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 May 2026
  • Northwestern said the device was designed especially for patients who cannot verbalize or otherwise communicate discomfort from stress, such as infants and some elderly patients.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Gadd gained almost 90 pounds to play adult Ruben (Stuart Campbell in flashbacks), the fractured older-brother figure of Niall (Jamie Bell as an adult; Mitchell Robertson as an adolescent), while their mothers date each other.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
  • The epitome of an enfant terrible, Rimbaud was a rebellious adolescent with a tempestuous personal life (ask fellow poet Paul Verlaine).
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Two days before Mother’s Day, Newsom also introduced a plan to provide 400 free diapers for California newborns at select hospitals beginning this summer.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • ProPublica recently reported that babies are bleeding to death as parents reject a vitamin shot given to newborns that can promote clotting.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • At the center of the doc is the engaging Clint Patterson, who was a schoolkid when his father, a former rodeo rider, spearheaded the making of the Bigfoot film and its promotion.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The mayor again invited upset schoolkids to throw snowballs at him.
    Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The kid from Sin City looked like a winner from the first pull, gaining 777 receiving yards with three TDs as a rookie.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Many other people reject formal education (for other people, though usually not for their own kids) as unnecessary to attaining the highest ranks of wealth and power.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

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“Preschooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preschooler. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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