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
Our children attended Queen Creek schools from pre-K all the way to graduation from Queen Creek High School.
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Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
Enact universal pre-K and expand child care access.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024
The program rewards pre-K to 6th grade students who meet reading goals with Reading Award Certificates for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Having owner Mark Iacono’s number. 21. K-12 SCHOOL With a mass of Hollywood celebs raising families in Brooklyn, competition for exclusive private schools has become cutthroat — nowhere more than at the nepo-baby magnet that is Saint Ann’s, the Harvard-Westlake of the East (for pre-K and up).
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
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Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
Enact universal pre-K and expand child care access.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024
The program rewards pre-K to 6th grade students who meet reading goals with Reading Award Certificates for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Having owner Mark Iacono’s number. 21. K-12 SCHOOL With a mass of Hollywood celebs raising families in Brooklyn, competition for exclusive private schools has become cutthroat — nowhere more than at the nepo-baby magnet that is Saint Ann’s, the Harvard-Westlake of the East (for pre-K and up).
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pre-K
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Offshore is one of the world’s largest underwater nurseries that use mineral accretion technology, or MAT, a weak electrical current that causes limestone to collect on frames, which encourages coral to grow up to three times faster.Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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Karen worked as a nurse, while Geoff was a fitter While Liam was growing up in Wolverhampton, Karen worked as a nursery nurse, and Geoff was a fitter, someone who puts together or installs machinery.Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' tuition-free preschool in Universal City has welcomed its first students.Megan Stringer, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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Rosen’s philanthropy reaches far and wide in Orlando – with multimillion-dollar investments to send children from underserved neighborhoods to preschool and college, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings noted in a statement.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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Shorewood Hills Elementary: Madison Metropolitan School District, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade.Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
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These include an extension of subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act at $550 billion over 10 years, support for lowering out-of-pocket housing costs at $250 billion, and additional funding for prekindergarten and child care at $700 billion, the committee found.Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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