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 Children as young as pre-K ran for cover, dove beneath pews or clutched their classmates as teachers shielded them from the barrage, acting instinctively to protect them. Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025 The school includes students from pre-K to eighth grade and has 391 students as of the 2023-2024 school year. Hannah Parry amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 The school, which goes from pre-K to eighth grade, had 391 students enrolled for the 2023-24 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. R.j. Rico, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 The city has led the way before with universal pre-K in the de Blasio administration, while Mayor Adams embraces a childcare pilot program for low-income children 2 and under. Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pre-K
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Noun
  • Setting up a Calm and Cozy Nursery While LeCroy hasn’t been shy about showing off baby Teddi on Instagram, one thing that has been kept under wraps is Teddi’s nursery.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The nursery has cleared water-thirsty plants and planted 100,000 indigenous trees since 2012.
    Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As of the end of June, around 55,800 children were relying on either the CCDF or Indiana’s On My Way Pre-K vouchers, which help low-income families pay for preschool for 4-year-olds.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025
  • For childcare facilities and preschools, diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP); IPV (polio); measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); varicella; Hib; pneumococcal conjugate; and hepatitis B shots are required.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The church has a school for children from prekindergarten through eighth grade.
    Janelle Griffith, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Rockefeller Early Childhood Center is one of five prekindergarten centers operated by the Little Rock School District, which also offers prekindergarten classes at several of its elementary schools.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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