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day camp

noun

: a camp where children spend the day and then return home at the end of the day

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The father of three and his wife, Lea Dellecave, currently run Lachey Arts, a performing arts summer day camp in Cincinnati. Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025 Kids 5 to 13, for instance, can strap on a pair during Blizzard Buddies day camp, while anglers can use them to access the north fork of the Gallatin River for year-round fly-fishing without the crowds. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 Cindy Edwards, interim parks and recreation director, said the camp just wrapped up its eight sessions of day camp on weekdays that host upward of 100 children ages 8-14. Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025 In 2019, Izzy Cicirello was 13 and, like a lot of other middle schoolers, packed off to a summer day camp. Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for day camp

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“Day camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20camp. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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