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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Now, the family is suing Early Beginnings Child Care and Learning Center and employees at the Huber Heights day care, saying an unknown incident at the center caused a traumatic brain injury.
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Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
The system is integrated and can manage customers' entire visit at multi-service facilities that offer some combination of grooming, training, boarding, day care, and retail.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
The total amount of federal money coming to Connecticut during the 2024 fiscal year was $14.3 billion, which includes loans and grants that often go directly to day care centers, police departments, schools, and other organizations, said state comptroller Sean Scanlon.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
Also on the list: day-care (and doggy day care) centers benefitting from a larger return-to-office push.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
The system is integrated and can manage customers' entire visit at multi-service facilities that offer some combination of grooming, training, boarding, day care, and retail.
—Richard Collings, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
The total amount of federal money coming to Connecticut during the 2024 fiscal year was $14.3 billion, which includes loans and grants that often go directly to day care centers, police departments, schools, and other organizations, said state comptroller Sean Scanlon.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025
Also on the list: day-care (and doggy day care) centers benefitting from a larger return-to-office push.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 19 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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