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daycare centre

British  

noun

  1. Also called (esp in Britain): day nursery.  an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problem

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Instead volunteers and church staff, such as Ann Hotz, who works at the church's daycare centre, handed out coffee, snacks and hand warmers to those who stopped by.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Earlier, a baby girl was declared dead at another hospital after she was evacuated along with dozens of other children from the daycare centre, which media reports said had been operating without a license.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

On Saturday, people left toy flowers and toy trucks outside the Uthai Sawan daycare centre, in an offering to the spirits of those killed.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2022

Distraught relatives had also waited outside the daycare centre well into the night.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022

The toys get shunted off to a daycare centre but find themselves bullied by a creepy old toy called Lotso-Huggin’ Bear, who is that rare thing in the Pixar world: a genuinely sinister villain.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2018