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Recent Examples of kindergarten
During this year’s budgeting process, Democratic state Rep. Armando Martinez proposed adding $2 million to the House’s budget to provide kits to families with children in kindergarten through second grade.
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Lexi Churchill, ProPublica, 9 May 2025
To think that kindergarten kids now know my name and my music?
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
My daughter is in the third grade and has had hers since kindergarten.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 22 May 2025
As a former kindergarten teacher, Doris Cole delighted in awakening curiosity and clarity in others.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
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Lexi Churchill, ProPublica, 9 May 2025
To think that kindergarten kids now know my name and my music?
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 22 May 2025
My daughter is in the third grade and has had hers since kindergarten.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 22 May 2025
As a former kindergarten teacher, Doris Cole delighted in awakening curiosity and clarity in others.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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Senate Bill 1567 was introduced after students urged the state legislature to address a housing shortage near the school.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2025
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Most applicants find National Math Stars through their Awards Program, in which participating schools recognize their highest-achieving math students.—
Julia Brodsky,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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As a high school and middle school teacher in Galveston, Texas, Jorge has brought students to Space Camp, as well as attended Space Academy for Educators herself.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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Díaz began his career as a social-studies teacher and coached baseball in Miami-Dade County public schools.—
Dara Kam,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2025
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Led by its first-rate public schools, Johns Creek ranks No. 24 in our analysis for quality of life.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The following year, Hardin was charged for a 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher based on DNA taken following his murder conviction.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Leff taught samba music to students at an elementary school.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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Isabel’s dedication to her craft is evident in her commitment to vocal training in both classical voice and musical theatre, having worked with her current voice teacher since junior high school.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 2025
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After the show, the garden–which has won a Best in Show Silver-will be relocated to a primary school in Arbroath to inspire creativity and connection with nature.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Founded in 1912, Yoshimoto Kogyo’s Tokyo office is inside an old primary school (shown below).—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, when the federal government floated the idea of banning the sale of sugary chocolate milk in elementary and middle schools, many parents flooded the government with complaints.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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Chronic absenteeism also surged in elementary schools (18% to 28%) and middle schools (18% to 31%).—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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