Examples of pre-K in a Sentence

attends pre-K
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The students are the children of active duty service members ranging from pre-K to 11th grade. Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025 The facility will also house an educational program for children pre-K to third grade. Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025 And an education nonprofit recently named her the best pre-K teacher in Nashville. Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025 At an elementary school in southwest Boise, in the fall of 2020, children in pre-K went to their recess on the playground, laughing and climbing ladders to reach the slide. Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pre-K

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pre-K was in 1977

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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pre-K. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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