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child care

NOUN
institution or home service involving care for children
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When our daughter arrived, we couldn’t afford child care for both, so my wife quit and stayed home full time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

His mother couldn’t afford child care, so Allen often accompanied her at the studio, where he soaked up tapings of “Sanford and Son” and “The Tonight Show.”

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

The services that define 21st-century middle-class life—healthcare, child care, education—have risen two to three times as fast as overall consumer prices since 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Each group received free treatment, but one received other services as well, including regular visits from community health workers and small monthly cash allowances for food, child care, and transportation to Zanmi Lasante.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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