day care
noun
variants
or less commonly daycare
or day-care
1
: supervision of and care for children or physically or mentally disabled adults that is provided during the day by a person or organization
—often used before another noun
a day care center
day care workers
day-care facilities
2
: a program, facility, or organization offering day care
a child enrolled in day care
Examples of day care in a Sentence
She left work early to pick up her son from day care.
Recent Examples on the Web
And that’s not just my biological children, my day care children, my gymnastic children.
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Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
Measles cases have spiked in the last three months, driven in part by outbreaks centered in a migrant shelter in Chicago, an elementary school in southeast Florida and a children’s hospital and day care in Philadelphia.
—Joe Murphy, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
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Allison Dikanovic, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
Measles cases have spiked in the last three months, driven in part by outbreaks centered in a migrant shelter in Chicago, an elementary school in southeast Florida and a children’s hospital and day care in Philadelphia.
—Joe Murphy, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for day care
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“Day care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20care. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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