day care

Example Sentences

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Many provided little more than glorified day care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Most caregivers do not delve into the details of the cost of a private room versus a shared room, or adult day care versus home care, until they are in the thick of it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Her oldest daughter is in transitional kindergarten and out of day care, meaning that Quintanilla had to start from scratch on the waitlist.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

A majority favor universal day care, while just 18% oppose it.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

He didn’t ask “Where’d you learn that?” and so Josie didn’t have to make up any stories that erased the dirty, squabbling children she’d known at her old neighborhood day care.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix