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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

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

The prices of new cars, child care, beef and paper towels have all soared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Those hours of passive availability are considered part of the forty-five hours of child care she would owe the Zamborskas.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg


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