kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər 
ˈkin-də-,
-ˌgärd-
variants
or less commonly kindergartener
1
: a child attending or of an age to attend kindergarten
2
: a teacher at a kindergarten
Examples of kindergartner in a Sentence
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Elizabeth Gerber expects to encounter a happy but sleepy kindergartner.
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Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
While Marin County had relatively low vaccination rates in the early 2010s, the numbers have since gone up, with 97% of kindergartners up-to-date on their vaccines as of the 2021-2022 school year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
In 2019, America was doing great in terms of measles vaccination—across the country, 95.2 percent of kindergartners were getting immunized, according to the CDC—and yet, in spite of this fantastic progress, measles cases were exploding.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
Nationwide, downward trends in measles vaccination led the CDC to estimate that a quarter million kindergartners are at risk of the highly contagious disease.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Even with the recent divot in our national vaccine rates, the country remains in broad agreement on the value of immunity: 93 percent of America’s kindergartners are getting measles shots, a rate that has barely budged for decades.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
Nationally, the rate of kindergartners fully immunized against the measles dropped from 95% in the 2019-20 school year to 93% in 2022-23, according to the CDC.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Of the 120-plus kindergartners at Joshua Elementary when this work began, only 53 remain today.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
Nationally, the proportion of kindergartners with a vaccine exemption reached a new high of 3 percent in the 2022-2023 school year, according to the CDC.
—Lauren Weber, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
While Marin County had relatively low vaccination rates in the early 2010s, the numbers have since gone up, with 97% of kindergartners up-to-date on their vaccines as of the 2021-2022 school year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
In 2019, America was doing great in terms of measles vaccination—across the country, 95.2 percent of kindergartners were getting immunized, according to the CDC—and yet, in spite of this fantastic progress, measles cases were exploding.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
Nationwide, downward trends in measles vaccination led the CDC to estimate that a quarter million kindergartners are at risk of the highly contagious disease.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Even with the recent divot in our national vaccine rates, the country remains in broad agreement on the value of immunity: 93 percent of America’s kindergartners are getting measles shots, a rate that has barely budged for decades.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
Nationally, the rate of kindergartners fully immunized against the measles dropped from 95% in the 2019-20 school year to 93% in 2022-23, according to the CDC.
—Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Of the 120-plus kindergartners at Joshua Elementary when this work began, only 53 remain today.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
Nationally, the proportion of kindergartners with a vaccine exemption reached a new high of 3 percent in the 2022-2023 school year, according to the CDC.
—Lauren Weber, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
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kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil
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