childcare
noun
child·care
ˈchī(-ə)ld-ˌker 
variants
or child care
: the care of children especially as a service while parents are working
Erratic week-to-week work schedules make it nearly impossible to manage a personal budget or secure childcare.—
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Winter break is days away for most Milwaukee area schools — exciting for kids, potentially stressful for parents and guardians who find themselves without childcare.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Regulations for childcare, particularly in the United States, could be responsible for an undersupply of daycare facilities.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Energy prices going up, more systemic issues around housing and childcare.
—NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
Major property damage was inflicted on a childcare center near a Jewish school and synagogue in Sydney during an arson attack.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
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Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Regulations for childcare, particularly in the United States, could be responsible for an undersupply of daycare facilities.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Energy prices going up, more systemic issues around housing and childcare.
—NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
Major property damage was inflicted on a childcare center near a Jewish school and synagogue in Sydney during an arson attack.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for childcare
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“Childcare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childcare. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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