as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
attends pre-K
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Recent Examples of pre-K
Research from Education Next shows the declines are not only in older grades, but also in pre-K and kindergarten.
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Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
Additional measures expand education access Other bills signed by Kemp include efforts to expand pre-K childcare access and broaden education opportunities for students across Georgia.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 May 2026
New York City has also rolled out universal 3-K and pre-K programs for families with 3- and 4-year-olds.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 May 2026
The program, open for kids in pre-K through 6th grade, will run from June 1 to August 31.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
Additional measures expand education access Other bills signed by Kemp include efforts to expand pre-K childcare access and broaden education opportunities for students across Georgia.
—La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 May 2026
New York City has also rolled out universal 3-K and pre-K programs for families with 3- and 4-year-olds.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 May 2026
The program, open for kids in pre-K through 6th grade, will run from June 1 to August 31.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pre-K
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When Officers Jordan White and Chad Cox entered the third-floor apartment, body camera footage showed Pike standing in a closet, which was also Destinii’s nursery, holding the infant.—
Laura Bauer
June 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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Some of the galaxy's most spectacular stellar nurseries resemble giant cosmic wagon wheels, with spoke-like structures that scientists say were sculpted by shockwaves from stellar explosions and powerful stellar winds.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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Julia Monette, an administrator at a preschool in Chicago, remembers seeing her son's classroom of 3-to-6 year-olds watch Danny Go!—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Vazquez attended preschool through fifth grade at Washington Elementary School in Little Italy in the San Diego Unified School District, a district spokesperson said.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Say that a presidential candidate wants to create universal prekindergarten, implement a comprehensive parental-leave policy, lower the Medicare-eligibility age, and invest in clean energy and cancer research.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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New York state lost enrollment last school year, even as New York City, which already has universal prekindergarten, is charging ahead with a plan to make all child care free for younger children.—
Moriah Balingit,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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