kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər 
ˈkin-də-,
-ˌgärd-
variants
or less commonly kindergartener
1
: a child attending or of an age to attend kindergarten
2
: a teacher at a kindergarten
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During the 2023 to 2024 school year, 92.7% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 May 2025
State law allows for vaccine exemptions for medical, religious or personal reasons and in that year 14.3% of kindergartners were exempt from at least one of the vaccines — a 2.2 percentage-point increase from the 2022-2023 year.
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2025
More preventable diseases could re-emerge next For example, the whooping cough vaccination rate for kindergartners in Washington state in 2023-24 was 90.2%, slightly below the U.S. rate of 92.3%, federal data shows.
—CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
Statewide for both Kansas and Missouri, 90.4% of the incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year had received the MMR vaccine.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 May 2025
State law allows for vaccine exemptions for medical, religious or personal reasons and in that year 14.3% of kindergartners were exempt from at least one of the vaccines — a 2.2 percentage-point increase from the 2022-2023 year.
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2025
More preventable diseases could re-emerge next For example, the whooping cough vaccination rate for kindergartners in Washington state in 2023-24 was 90.2%, slightly below the U.S. rate of 92.3%, federal data shows.
—CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
Statewide for both Kansas and Missouri, 90.4% of the incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year had received the MMR vaccine.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Kindergartner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kindergartner. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil
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