as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old children excited about starting preschool

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Recent Examples of preschool The shooting occurred during the first week of classes for Annunciation Catholic School, which serves students from preschool through eighth grade in southern Minneapolis – now the latest community to be victimized by the United States’ seemingly unrelenting gun violence. Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025 Merrillville preschool program accredited The Merrillville Community School Corp’s. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025 Nationwide, there have been several ICE arrests of parents at school property, including one at an Oregon preschool. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 If your little one is in kindergarten or preschool, that means introducing them to the environment of school for the very first time. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for preschool
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  • 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

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

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