How to Use day care in a Sentence

day care

noun
  • She left work early to pick up her son from day care.
  • Toma’s day care, for instance, serves children as young as 7 months.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Rasha Alkhafaji is the director of a day care center that teaches the children of refugees.
    Glenn Gamboa, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Qualtrics provides high-quality day care with flexible hours to its employees.
    Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Some people may be waiting to go back when health risks from the virus are less pronounced, or may be struggling to find child care during school and day care shutdowns.
    New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Be the Bridge has moved them from being mothers who had a connection through their children at day care to becoming close friends.
    Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The videos capture glimpses of Indigenous ranch life, with footage of local rodeos, day-to-day care of the horses and scenic horseback rides.
    Nina Molina, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Her youngest two, ages 6 months and 23 months, because of coronavirus exposure at their day care centers.
    oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Claire has a doula, day care, Obamacare breast pump, tenure-track job, several therapists and the world’s most understanding husband.
    Amanda Hess, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Exclusions would be included for houses of worship, grocery stores, pharmacies, schools and day care facilities.
    Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The idea for the Palaver Music Center came about when the ensemble found that some of their most meaningful performances happened in classrooms and day care centers.
    Pavithra Rajesh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The new rules, which do not affect schools and day care facilities, go into effect Jan. 3, so businesses have time to update signage and train workers, Lightfoot said.
    Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • His cousin, Asean, was born in the same month and went to the same day care center.
    Ryn Jirenuwat, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The day care is located at the end of a driveway off a cul-de-sac.
    Rob Gillies, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • It has not yet been determined whether staff at the day care will be charged.
    Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • After spending 2020 in a ridiculously small apartment where the kitchen served as living room, office and day care, moving into an actual house felt like winning the lottery.
    Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
  • This time around Francona did it with a roster straight out of day care.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The Police Department's goal is to open its day care center by the fall of 2024.
    Dana Rieck The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (tns), arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Many home day care centers have already had to close their doors.
    cleveland, 18 July 2023
  • Brazil has seen at least one past attack on a day care center, too.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Pattikakes', a day care in Tewksbury for two decades, has shut down.
    Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • An alarm woke her up, reminding her to pick up her child from day care.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
  • My bestie Emma used to pick him up from day care on Mondays and Fridays and take him to the park for a few hours.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Both claimed to be unaware of the drugs found at the day care, according to the federal complaint.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Both claim to have been unaware of the drugs found at the day care, according to the federal complaint.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • That includes their day-to-day care as well as end-of-life decisions.
    Dan Carson, Chron, 5 Aug. 2022
  • An hour before the flood, Yin was watching Zeni play at the day care via webcam.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Co-owner Jason Starnes worked at the former day care for about four years.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Police did not say what day care the children attended or release the names or ages of the people involved in the wreck.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
  • Mak Pack also offers training, boarding and doggy day care.
    Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024

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