kindergartners

noun

variants also kindergarteners
plural of kindergartner
as in preschoolers

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  1. toddlers
  2. infants
  3. kids
  4. minors
Noun
  • The Ramones’ appeal and fame crosses genders and ages, as onstage vocal guests — and an audience that included toddlers on shoulders — proved.
    — Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a toy section, too, with options for toddlers, teens and adults.
    — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of toddlers
Noun
  • Another is the contagion risk posed by having an unvaccinated child in a waiting room alongside infants and kids with immunodeficiencies.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • If the mother was not vaccinated, infants younger than 8 months should recieve nirsevimab, which is not a vaccine but a monoclonal antibody shot.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of infants
Noun
  • The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.
    — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of kids
Noun
  • While existing law prevents health care providers from providing gender affirming procedures for minors, the bill would bar them from performing, attempting to perform, or referring a minor for this care.
    — Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of minors
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