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daycare

NOUN
child care center
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Prices of housing, daycare and preschool, car maintenance and pet services have all grown more over the past six years than average hourly wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The ban could apply to parks, beaches, museums, shopping centres, schools, daycare centres, healthcare facilities, gyms and public events.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

In 2025, healthcare companies and social-service providers — daycare, eldercare and so forth — accounted for more than 95% of all new jobs created.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

In nearby Welasco, Catalina Ozuna said her daughter is working in an understaffed kindergarten classroom for little pay while being weighed down by the cost of daycare for her own child.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was after we’d been married, for years it seemed; she was three or four, in daycare.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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