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
Then, in 2023, Kentucky started a program to cover or reduce the cost of day care for parents who work in the child care industry.
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Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 14 May 2024
The dilemma is common in the United States, where high-quality child care programs are prohibitively expensive, government assistance is limited, and day care openings are sometimes hard to find at all.
—Moriah Balingit, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
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Moriah Balingit, Fortune, 14 May 2024
The dilemma is common in the United States, where high-quality child care programs are prohibitively expensive, government assistance is limited, and day care openings are sometimes hard to find at all.
—Moriah Balingit, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 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 29 May. 2024.
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