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Recent Examples of kindergarten
During this year’s budgeting process, Democratic state Rep. Armando Martinez proposed adding $2 million to the House’s budget to provide kits to families with children in kindergarten through second grade.
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Lexi Churchill, ProPublica, 9 May 2025
To think that kindergarten kids now know my name and my music?
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
My daughter is in the third grade and has had hers since kindergarten.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 22 May 2025
As a former kindergarten teacher, Doris Cole delighted in awakening curiosity and clarity in others.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
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Lexi Churchill, ProPublica, 9 May 2025
To think that kindergarten kids now know my name and my music?
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
My daughter is in the third grade and has had hers since kindergarten.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 22 May 2025
As a former kindergarten teacher, Doris Cole delighted in awakening curiosity and clarity in others.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
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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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Homeowners and businesses will contribute $13.7 billion to schools next year, an increase of $674 million.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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All schools, construction sites and tourist attractions in Sanya were closed and flights were suspended at the city's airport, the official Xinhua News Agency said.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2025
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One of the all-time great high school players in Southern California, Greenwood and teammate Roy Hamilton were among the final players recruited by legendary UCLA coach John Wooden.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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While crossing a street near a local high school, a driver turning right on red didn’t see her.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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By then, Valdes and her brothers were attending public schools in West Palm Beach, a right undocumented children have because of a supreme court ruling which passed narrowly in the early ‘80s.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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Two of the least powerful groups threatened by the current climate of repression are public school teachers and their students, children who may never even realize what they have been kept from learning.—
Jane S. Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The following year, Hardin was charged for a 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher based on DNA taken following his murder conviction.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Leff taught samba music to students at an elementary school.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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That was March 2, 2013 when Great Valley lost by six points to Abington High School during his junior high school season.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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As the World Economic Forum's The Future of Jobs and Skills report estimated back in 2016, 65 percent of children entering primary school that year were expected to work in job types that did not yet exist—and the experts consulted believe that many of them still do not.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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London has 525 near primary schools, far more than any other city in the ranking.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Chronic absenteeism also surged in elementary schools (18% to 28%) and middle schools (18% to 31%).—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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In 2023, when the federal government floated the idea of banning the sale of sugary chocolate milk in elementary and middle schools, many parents flooded the government with complaints.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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