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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The same is true for onsite day care, despite its importance for working parents.
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Gleb Tsipursky, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Screenshots from an August 4 Reddit post of a pooch attempting to climb through the window at doggy day care to get to his owner in the office.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Dalton returned to the day care to pick up the toddler that afternoon and was told the child hadn’t been dropped off that day, the station reported, citing authorities.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
That morning, the family said Stanford picked K.J. up from day care to drive him to see his father.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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Gleb Tsipursky, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Screenshots from an August 4 Reddit post of a pooch attempting to climb through the window at doggy day care to get to his owner in the office.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Dalton returned to the day care to pick up the toddler that afternoon and was told the child hadn’t been dropped off that day, the station reported, citing authorities.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
That morning, the family said Stanford picked K.J. up from day care to drive him to see his father.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Day care.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20care. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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