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
The mayor’s plan does match the Council’s request for a $55 million increase in funding for pre-K special education seats, though.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The days of dodging class or suffering from a lack of motivation appear to be a thing of the past at Alpha School, a private pre-K through eighth grade institution that utilizes personalized artificial intelligence to teach an entire day of core academic lessons in just two hours.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
This year broke records, with 814 students enrolled in pre-K through 12th grade and waitlists for each division.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Therefore, Connecticut should take the opportunity in providing universal pre-K to strategically bolster the early childhood education workforce.
—Dr. Alissa Chen, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The days of dodging class or suffering from a lack of motivation appear to be a thing of the past at Alpha School, a private pre-K through eighth grade institution that utilizes personalized artificial intelligence to teach an entire day of core academic lessons in just two hours.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
This year broke records, with 814 students enrolled in pre-K through 12th grade and waitlists for each division.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Therefore, Connecticut should take the opportunity in providing universal pre-K to strategically bolster the early childhood education workforce.
—Dr. Alissa Chen, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pre-K
Noun
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This ranges from a solar farm housing grazing sheep as a natural way to maintain the land, to a learning center, fruit orchard, tree nursery and vegetable patch dedicated to growing foods that are hard to get in Puerto Rico, like kale, lettuce and tomatoes.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Epic Universe is a powerful example of how Florida’s nursery and landscape industry shapes the state’s world-class visitor experiences.—
Tal Coley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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That address is home to the Market Square at Mississippi and Havana Shopping Center, which contains a King Soopers, a Dollar Tree, multiple restaurants, a liquor store and a preschool.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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In 2017, the court backed a church preschool's challenge to its exclusion from a Missouri grant program to resurface playgrounds. – Maureen Groppe Justice Barrett is not participating Justice Amy Coney Barrett is not participating in the oral arguments.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Abundant Life is a nondenominational Christian school that offers prekindergarten classes through high school.—
Todd Richmond,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Lincoln Elementary: Wauwatosa School District, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade.—
Cailey Gleeson,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Nov. 2024
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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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