pre-Ks

plural of pre-K
as in nurseries
a school for children who are generally less than five years old attends pre-K

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Noun
  • Across the galaxy, stars are born in immense clouds of gas and dust — stellar nurseries where gravity coaxes material to coalesce and ignite.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Two other dams, Link River and Keno, still bar salmon from reaching their farthest nurseries.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • 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
  • In the latest issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, criminologists Brandon Welsh and Eric Piza argue that the strongest crime-fighting tools available to American cities aren’t handcuffs and jail cells, but preschools and streetlights.
    Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Pre-Ks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-Ks. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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