daycare centre

British

noun

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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Police were raiding the daycare centre, his friend said, go pick up your children right now.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 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

The age range of children at the daycare centre ranged from two to five years, a local official said.

From Reuters • Oct. 7, 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

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