daycare centre

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noun

US, Canadian, Australian and NZ an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problemAlso called (esp in Britain): day nursery

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How to use daycare centre in a sentence

We agreed on the Sheppard Centre shopping mall in north Toronto because it was convenient.
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Thankfully, a watchdog group of unskewers at the Science Media Centre examined the actual facts.
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His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
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For example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.
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The attack was commenced by the allies under Blucher upon the French centre, with a fury irresistible.
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The main entrance is in the centre of the St. Martin's Lane front, and consists of a central roadway for carts and wagons, 15ft.
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