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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That includes schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, crisis centers, shelters, food banks, and day care centers, among others.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Little has nixed, or in two cases line-item vetoed, six bills this session, ranging from undoing cuts to graduate medical education to rejecting an attempt to increase the child-to-staff ratio in certain day cares.
—Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Our president claims government should stop funding Medicare and day care to focus on war.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Across the chain, all profits are funneled back into the Navy and help to fund its morale, welfare and recreation programs, which offer sailors and their families access to services like day cares, gyms, counseling and community events.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,ryan Baker, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Little has nixed, or in two cases line-item vetoed, six bills this session, ranging from undoing cuts to graduate medical education to rejecting an attempt to increase the child-to-staff ratio in certain day cares.
—Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
Our president claims government should stop funding Medicare and day care to focus on war.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Across the chain, all profits are funneled back into the Navy and help to fund its morale, welfare and recreation programs, which offer sailors and their families access to services like day cares, gyms, counseling and community events.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,ryan Baker, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
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 16 Apr. 2026.
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