day camp
noun
plural day camps
: a camp (see camp entry 1 sense 1d) for children or adolescents that operates during the daytime only and usually during the summer compare summer camp
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Anyway, Wag Social does boarding and day camp.
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The families of four children and a teenager killed in a crash when a woman drove into an after-school program in downstate Illinois have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and the day camp.
—Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
On the stable side of the business, Bosworth’s mother, Vicky Garrod Bosworth, still manages the horse boarding, riding lesson and summer day camp programs.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
During school holidays, Circus Academy New York hosts single-day camps in flying trapeze, trampoline, and stilt walking.
—The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
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Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The families of four children and a teenager killed in a crash when a woman drove into an after-school program in downstate Illinois have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and the day camp.
—Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
On the stable side of the business, Bosworth’s mother, Vicky Garrod Bosworth, still manages the horse boarding, riding lesson and summer day camp programs.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
During school holidays, Circus Academy New York hosts single-day camps in flying trapeze, trampoline, and stilt walking.
—The Editors, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Day camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20camp. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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