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kindergarten

[kin-der-gahr-tn, -dn] / ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dn /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
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One parent told me how teachers in one Beijing kindergarten banned parents from bringing Christmas-related items to decorate classrooms for the new year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

To back off from that charge, district officials proposed raising average class sizes in kindergarten through fourth grade from 24-to-1 to 28-to-1, according to the district.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

I went to public schools from kindergarten through the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

That effort might also diffuse some tension caused by the addition of transitional kindergarten, which took away many 4-year-olds from an already struggling child-care industry, Fuller said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Friends weren’t very easy to make at the Academy, where the structure of the curriculum pitted us against one another practically from kindergarten.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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