as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old a single father with two children in prekindergarten

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Recent Examples of prekindergarten Abundant Life is a nondenominational Christian school that offers prekindergarten classes through high school. Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025 Lincoln Elementary: Wauwatosa School District, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade. Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 The funds could be used for expenses like tuition, tutoring, textbooks and other instructional materials, uniforms, transportation and prekindergarten. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025 Additions at each of the schools are intended to be the first phase in the county's prekindergarten project. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prekindergarten
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Noun
  • Proceeds will support the project’s nursery, which is featured in a new Save LA Cougars video explaining how all the crossing’s native plants, soils and compost have been chosen and nurtured.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
  • King eventually managed half of the plantings, working with area nurseries on sapling and seed provenance, as NRG ecologists tried to keep pace.
    Robert Sullivan, Curbed, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • On My Way Pre-K provides state vouchers for quality, free preschool for 4-year-olds from income-eligible families.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • The incident took place near a grocery store and preschool.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 10 June 2025

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“Prekindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prekindergarten. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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