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pre-K

[pree-key] / ˈpriˈkeɪ /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
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“My husband assumes that it’ll just . . . work out,” reads a post on r/workingmoms about their first summer with a pre-K only child.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

So, the billionaire set out to create his own pre-K to 12th grade campus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Early learning activities in the home, the complexity of language that families use, the quality of pre-K — all these drive a huge difference in the pace of the child’s development,” Fuller said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

That would yield over $100 billion a year—money that could finance universal pre-K nationwide or build hundreds of thousands of desperately needed affordable housing units.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2024

“Ray should be in pre-K or something. He doesn’t say much, but he understands a lot. He already knows his numbers and colors.”

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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