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child care

NOUN
institution or home service involving care for children
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The number of mothers going to court for child care proceedings within hours or days of giving birth will be reduced after new guidance was issued to judges.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

She wants to make student services easier to navigate and to strengthen financial aid and other support, including for food, housing, child care and mental health.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

A third went toward medical expenses like copays and equipment, and 11% went toward personal costs for the caregiver, such as travel and babysitters to cover child care.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

More recently, the New Yorker has thrown her weight behind local issues like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s universal child care program.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

With a full calendar of child care, family commitments, and volunteer activities, she was as busy as a stay-at-home mother as she had been working outside her home.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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