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.
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Internet users can’t get enough of Mason’s refusal to engage with the other pups at day care, as many fellow introverts could relate.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Nearby schools, day care centers and offices abruptly closed or locked down after police got the call that there was an active shooter at the hospital.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Autism fraud, food fraud, day care fraud, housing stabilization fraud.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Driven by a national shortage of workers and facilities, the costs of day care and preschool in the United States are rising at nearly twice the pace of inflation.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Nearby schools, day care centers and offices abruptly closed or locked down after police got the call that there was an active shooter at the hospital.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Autism fraud, food fraud, day care fraud, housing stabilization fraud.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Driven by a national shortage of workers and facilities, the costs of day care and preschool in the United States are rising at nearly twice the pace of inflation.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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 2 Oct. 2025.
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