child care
Example Sentences
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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
Parents told us they are spending money to help their adult children with child care, rent, down payments for homes and vacations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“We’ve saved so much money in child care by having that flexibility with me working from home,” Toribio said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Her schedule was changed to prevent run-ins with the chief, which made it difficult for her to obtain child care and prevented her from working overtime, she said in the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Overlooked in these reports was the fact that the program in question was a pilot project that offered far more generous child care and other subsidies than Minnesota’s actual welfare reform program.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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