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day care

[ dey kair ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

supervised daytime care for preschool children, the elderly, or those with chronic disabilities, usually provided at a center outside the home:
Finding quality day care that we can afford has been challenging.

First recorded in 1895–1900 for noun, and 1940–45 for adjective

Amy wanted to open a day-care center when she grew up and to have eight kids of her own.

In 1985, Michaels was arrested on the testimony of children at a New Jersey day-care center where she had worked.

When two people have to work late, who will meet that inflexible day-care pickup time?

What Pelosi calls “my real epiphany” occurred when she visited a day-care center in San Francisco.

They got married in 1976 and her father worked as a contractor while her mother ran a day-care center and later became a teacher.

And their talk was of Christine, of her love and patience, and her night-and-day care.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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