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pre-K

[pree-key] / ˈpriˈkeɪ /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
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“When kids get older, it’s dog eats dog,” said Amanda Uhry of Manhattan, who owns Manhattan Private School Advisors, a consultancy that guides parents through pre-K to college admissions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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

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

Many of the proposals, including the free community college plan and Whitmer’s call for free pre-K for 4-year olds by the end of the year, will require funding in the upcoming state budget.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

She said her granddaughters were enjoying school, that her grandson had started pre-K, and that Ms. Hurley was holding a spot for me in her class.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter