How to Use childcare in a Sentence

childcare

noun
  • Those with school-age kids may need childcare once school is out.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • When childcare is hard to find, workers are hard to find.
    — Robert E. Buchanan, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
  • Today, my youngest’s childcare costs more than my rent.
    — Nicole Varma, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026
  • There’s a big crisis around childcare; there aren’t enough providers.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Some could no longer afford childcare.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Some could no longer afford childcare.
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Has childcare pushed you to quit your job or delay finding work?
    — Samantha Masunagastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • To be sure, no one bill can be a complete fix to the childcare crisis.
    — Dr. Alissa Chen, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
  • How has one couple run a home childcare business for three decades?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • His wife, also a film worker, turned to childcare to pay the bills.
    — Andrew Hay, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • That said, childcare can be expensive and hard to find.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, the cost of childcare has been steadily rising over many years.
    — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
  • What's causing high childcare costs?
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • But now, costs are up for theaters and childcare centers.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The units will come with one, two and three bedrooms and have green space and on-site childcare.
    — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Healthcare costs, and childcare costs.
    — Nicole Varma, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026
  • Ask your childcare provider to call if your child doesn’t show up for care as expected.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • On the first floor will be a café that will serve as a workspace, as well as a drop-in childcare center.
    — Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Even among high-income economies, women still spend twice as much time than men on childcare.
    — Corinne Post, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Bird, who worked in childcare from a young age, has long known that motherhood wasn't for her.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
  • So why is childcare still so expensive?
    — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Parents in childcare deserts have few options.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Both the housing crisis and childcare crisis are dire on their own.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • Or to work in spurts around childcare needs or school or sports activities.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • This means that working from home is used to expand childcare or housework hours.
    — Caitlin Harrington, Wired, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Lewis came up with the idea while navigating childcare for her own three kids.
    — Lillian Metzmeier, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Women have in turn, left their jobs in droves to take on the extra childcare burdens.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • And as more of them entered the workforce, the demand for childcare went up.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • One goal that should appeal to young families is free childcare.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • Jay's family lives nearby, so it's been all hands on deck with childcare.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025

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