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pre-K

[pree-key] / ˈpriˈkeɪ /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
Synonyms


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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

In the Rolling Hills-Palos Verdes area, for example, TK enrollment climbed by 152 children, but the area lost four pre-K centers that could serve 316 children.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

De Blasio built a successful universal pre-K program, the first significant expansion of the city’s social safety net in decades.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2024

We have been in the same class together since pre-K.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins




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