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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Lexie isn't the only pup to find day care exhausting.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
And for those times when parents want to nap or get a body wrap, there’s a full-time day care service.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The services area was boosted by big job gains in nursing care facilities, individual and family services and child day care services.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Existing day cares will adjust to looser rules, insists Rep. Rod Furniss, the other co-sponsor of H243.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 17 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
And for those times when parents want to nap or get a body wrap, there’s a full-time day care service.
—Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The services area was boosted by big job gains in nursing care facilities, individual and family services and child day care services.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Existing day cares will adjust to looser rules, insists Rep. Rod Furniss, the other co-sponsor of H243.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 17 Apr. 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 29 Apr. 2025.
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