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preschool

[pree-skool, pree-skool] / ˈpriˈskul, ˈpriˌskul /
NOUN
nursery school
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Crow, 64, bought both properties through a trust managed by her longtime financial manager—having chosen to relocate from a remote 150-acre farm to the Nashville estate when her children were getting ready to start preschool.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The budget proposal was a disappointment to child-care advocates who have been seeking a cost of living raise for both state preschool staff and child-care providers who run programs with subsidized spaces.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Earlier in the day, she visited an Italian preschool practising nature-based learning and a centre to teach children about recycling.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Dusten Conlon, a former preschool teacher laid off last year, said that in one case, administrators overruled teachers’ recommendations on grade advancement for a child of a donor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Zeke and Daniel had known her since preschool, when they were teeny, tiny lizards, no bigger than newts, forty percent tail and fifty percent eyes.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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