child care

Example Sentences

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The district’s planned expansion aims to provide access to affordable child care while building early loyalty with local families to help curb declining enrollment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

But after adding up the cost of child care and the toll of 12-hour work days, Toribio instead took a remote job for a digital curriculum company.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Even families who would be considered well-off elsewhere are struggling to cover necessities like child care and housing in the city, and the run of inflation following the pandemic has made things worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The greatest threat to middle-class happiness may not be the cost of child care.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Some draw on government help in the form of food stamps, housing vouchers, the earned income tax credit, or—for those coming off welfare in relatively generous states—subsidized child care.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich