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Recent Examples of kindergarten
There were 57% of students in kindergarten through third grade that met or exceeded grade-level norms on the middle-of-year MAP test in math this year — the same percentage for reading across the same grade levels.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2026
For a decade, my next-door neighbor at the farmers market was my kindergarten librarian.
—Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
In June 2023, Kulture graduated from pre-kindergarten.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
In his multi-faceted budget, Lamont is proposing tax rebates of $200 per person to pay for high electricity bills and other expenses, along with spending an additional $12 million for free school breakfast for all public school students statewide from kindergarten through 12th grade.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2026
For a decade, my next-door neighbor at the farmers market was my kindergarten librarian.
—Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
In June 2023, Kulture graduated from pre-kindergarten.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
In his multi-faceted budget, Lamont is proposing tax rebates of $200 per person to pay for high electricity bills and other expenses, along with spending an additional $12 million for free school breakfast for all public school students statewide from kindergarten through 12th grade.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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The days when his wife, who entered the US illegally 26 years ago and has started the process of applying for a green card, would attend Bible study, go grocery shopping and drop off or pick up their children from school feel long gone, the father and husband said.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Hubbard broke the school record for career three-pointers made by sinking four at Ole Miss.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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The violence broke out after hundreds of middle and high school students flooded the downtown to protest.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Solana Beach Civic & Historical Society offers two $3,500 Scholarships this year for high school students or adult learners to assist in financing college, graduate school or technical school tuition.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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While many Michigan schools have already adopted their own cellphone policies, the new law will create baseline regulations for all public school districts, where officials could still consider stricter rules.—
Jordyn Hermani,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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John Washington, now in his 50s, attended a public elementary and middle school in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia and then went to a large magnet high school, a type of public school that has a selective admission process.—
Leana Cabral,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2026
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The secondary school has just 175 students from Grades 7 to 12, according to the province’s website.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing also supports K–12 STEM outreach programs through the University of South Carolina, which include engagement with primary and secondary school students across the state.—
Jason Phillips,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Hallmark says approximately 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged on the holiday (not including those prepackaged valentines exchanged in elementary school classrooms).—
Katey Psencik,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
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There are many unqualified elementary school teachers.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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More than half of respondents (52%) with primary school aged children expressed support for the introduction of robotaxis in their city.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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From primary school curricula, to the construction of high schools, to the funding of research at elite universities, education and politics are awkwardly bound up in the United States—and therefore resistant to transformation or even evolution without considerable drama.—
Eric Holcomb,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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Vinny Sigala saw the neighborhood start to change throughout his years in middle school and high school.—
Andrés Soto,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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As longtime college math faculty in San Diego County, we were taken aback by the news about first-year students struggling with middle school math at UC San Diego.—
Tammi Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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