preschooler

Definition of preschoolernext

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Recent Examples of preschooler What Mulaney didn’t anticipate was that the private tour of Elvis Presley’s former home would become the setting for one of parenting’s most unexpected conversations — explaining death to a preschooler. Ryan Brennan april 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026 In their off-hours, one employee was nursing an infant and homeschooling a preschooler, and another worked a second job as a real estate agent. ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026 Sons Michael, 5, a preschooler, and Jonathan, 8, a second-grader, were plungers. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026 The preschooler wandered the room, swinging a thin plastic rod from a set of window blinds like a toy sword. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for preschooler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preschooler
Noun
  • The emotional service and burial come after the Wellesley church held a vigil for the two young elementary school students — Kai was a second grader and Ella was a kindergartener, both at Schofield Elementary School — in April, according to NBC 10 Boston.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Our program, by contrast, automatically enrolls every public school kindergartener, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, unless their family opts out.
    Debra-Ellen Glickstein, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The law was one of several initiatives spurred by the murder of Berks County toddler Maxwell Fisher in 1996.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • However, studies confirm that 1 of every 3 babies and toddlers who have atopic dermatitis will develop allergies or asthma later on.
    Dr. Daniel DiGiacomo, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In North Carolina, for example, infant classrooms generally require one teacher for every five babies.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • During the final weeks of her life, the infant was taken off the top of the transplant list twice due to complications related to her VSD.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • No, rest is for the lazy, the Caucasian adolescent, the indolent, the indulgent—until the age of thirty.
    Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Gadd gained almost 90 pounds to play adult Ruben (Stuart Campbell in flashbacks), the fractured older-brother figure of Niall (Jamie Bell as an adult; Mitchell Robertson as an adolescent), while their mothers date each other.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The agency notes that the wipes are predominantly used on newborns, infants, and young children, who are particularly vulnerable to infections due to their immature immune systems.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026
  • After this, the team came to the conclusion that the village needed a women’s health center where mothers and newborns could stay for up to 72 hours.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • For an ordinary schoolkid on a baseball diamond, having aretê might amount to paying attention, being a team player, and trying hard.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • At the center of the doc is the engaging Clint Patterson, who was a schoolkid when his father, a former rodeo rider, spearheaded the making of the Bigfoot film and its promotion.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In that year in the United States the number of lost kids had dropped to just over two per hundred.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Children might get a teepee tent and toys, while older kids might have cards, board games, boogie boards, or a volleyball net.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026

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“Preschooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preschooler. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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