kindergarten

noun

Definition of kindergartennext
as in school

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Recent Examples of kindergarten But bringing sand indoors for children to play with appears to have been an innovation of the nineteenth-century German kindergarten movement. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 13 July 2026 Since her ballerina kindergarten years, Sukihana—the rapper, reality television star, podcaster, and soon-to-be mom of four—has been a polymathic busybody. — Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026 The marketing image of Mitchell’s kindergarten-age daughter wearing one of the clear hydrogel sheet masks didn’t help, reading like a misguided attempt to attract attention in crowded social feeds. — Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 9 July 2026 Parker — a mother of three — was actually at her daughter’s kindergarten graduation at the time, according to a news release from the law firm representing Parker. — Diamy Wang july 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for kindergarten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
  1. school
  2. high school
  3. public school
  4. secondary school
  5. elementary school
  6. junior high school
  7. primary school
  8. middle school
Noun
  • The private Marietta school and its leadership, according to the filing, singled out Black workers by surveilling them and forcing them to do work that was the responsibility of white employees.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
  • While newer schools featured modern amenities, Windsor Middle had largely remained unchanged.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • Push for rehabilitation Wilson's public defender, Donna D'Alessio, said her client had changed his ways and had been making progress behind bars in achieving his high school diploma.
    — Julie Hanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training.
    — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Ellery Brown also worked for many years in Miami-Dade’s public school system, leading New World School of the Arts, a public magnet high school and college, from 1993 to 2007.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The bill would send quarterly installments of $2,500 next year to public school paraprofessionals, whose starting salary is about $32,600.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • The young Brits' last year in secondary school finds Charlie starting a pride club, Nick worrying about an uncertain future, and both considering the impact of long-distance love.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • As George started his final year at Lambrook before beginning secondary school in 2026, the princess offered an update on her eldest son.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Kevin Birth, a professor of anthropology at Queens College whose research focuses on cultural concepts of time, was in elementary school in Syracuse, New York, at the time and remembers it vividly.
    — Deepti Hajela, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • The halftime show will also include performances by singer Burna Boy, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and the PS22 Chorus, which is the acclaimed choir of 4th and 5th graders from a public elementary school in Staten Island, New York.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • He was revisited by a vague feeling of physical ineptitude that’d haunted him since childhood; failing to throw the ball properly on sports day at primary school, his father watching.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • This has been compounded by massive cuts in international aid and a Taliban government that has sidelined half of Afghanistan’s population, denying women and girls education beyond primary school and banning them from the vast majority of jobs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • That growth prompted voters to approve a bond measure that funded improvements across the district, including the expansion of Windsor Middle School, after the opening of the town's second middle school a few years ago.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • But elite club soccer and the Major League Soccer academies have conspired to kill it by prohibiting their players from participating in high school or middle school programs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of middle school

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