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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Local health officials at the time said employees at the Bronx day care center had passed background checks.
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Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
The owner of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning and three other children were sickened pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, resolving a case that horrified New York City and underscored the scourge of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Carter and her husband pay $315 per month for part-time day care for one of their daughters and anticipate that figure growing to $570 per month once their youngest begins attending a half-day program at their church’s preschool.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
Rieger, like most moms in Germany, works part time, sending her kid to day care until 3:30 in the afternoon.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
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Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
The owner of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning and three other children were sickened pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, resolving a case that horrified New York City and underscored the scourge of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Carter and her husband pay $315 per month for part-time day care for one of their daughters and anticipate that figure growing to $570 per month once their youngest begins attending a half-day program at their church’s preschool.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
Rieger, like most moms in Germany, works part time, sending her kid to day care until 3:30 in the afternoon.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
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 21 Nov. 2024.
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