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
Oklahoma’s universal pre-K program was just the second in the country (behind Georgia) and has since become a model for how these programs can boost school readiness, economic well-being, and community health.
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Coleman Lowndes, Vox, 8 May 2025
Worse, Connecticut lawmakers are not only aiming to preserve current services, but presenting new ones, like a universal pre-K program.
—Andrew Fowler, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
The mayor’s plan does match the Council’s request for a $55 million increase in funding for pre-K special education seats, though.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 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
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Coleman Lowndes, Vox, 8 May 2025
Worse, Connecticut lawmakers are not only aiming to preserve current services, but presenting new ones, like a universal pre-K program.
—Andrew Fowler, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
The mayor’s plan does match the Council’s request for a $55 million increase in funding for pre-K special education seats, though.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pre-K
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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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This means around 29,500 students in 74 schools and preschools potentially face exposure to noxious emissions that can be released during extraction.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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For example, during the early childhood years, preschool and kindergarten children learn to identify numerals and match them to their quantity through hands-on math activities.—
Jose Bolanos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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The partnership has at times opposed raising the city’s minimum wage, raising taxes on the rich to pay for free prekindergarten and providing paid sick-leave protections for all city workers.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
22 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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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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