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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The panel proposed other incentives including possibly providing childcare for night shift employees.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Bird, who worked in childcare from a young age, has long known that motherhood wasn't for her.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Mamdani has pitched a bevy of bad ideas such as freezing rent, providing free bus transportation and free childcare.
—Nicole Russell, USA Today, 27 June 2025
In the final days, a super PAC backing Cuomo is sending mailers, airing TV advertisements and expanding their ground game, criticizing Mamdani’s proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest city residents to fund free buses and childcare.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
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Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Bird, who worked in childcare from a young age, has long known that motherhood wasn't for her.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Mamdani has pitched a bevy of bad ideas such as freezing rent, providing free bus transportation and free childcare.
—Nicole Russell, USA Today, 27 June 2025
In the final days, a super PAC backing Cuomo is sending mailers, airing TV advertisements and expanding their ground game, criticizing Mamdani’s proposal to raise taxes on the wealthiest city residents to fund free buses and childcare.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
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“Childcare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childcare. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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