encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt 
en-
Examples of encampment in a Sentence
a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree
Recent Examples on the Web
Despite the vote, city officials could soon gain more leeway to clear encampments.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
In the West, cities like Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, can offer homeless people spots in new hotel programs and sanctioned campsites to clear away encampments.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Basically, the city tolerates things like encampments, bizarre behavior in public, and drug use as long as it's contained in segregated areas that are mostly out of sight of the majority of city residents.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Others complained about the encampment, with tarps and trash about, being an eyesore.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
At the beginning of each year near the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, Betancur donates 10% of his profits to local nonprofits, like delivering blankets to encampments in Charlotte.
—Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
The incident began after a caller reported an altercation at the encampment about 7:30 p.m.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
By The New York Times Rahmatullah Anwari, 30, who used to grow rain-dependent wheat, left his home in Badghis Province in the country’s north for an encampment that has sprung up on the outskirts of Herat, the capital of an adjacent province.
—Lynsey Addario Victoria Kim, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The 67-year-old then started to make his way to the farm encampment, where several of the workers lived.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Calmatters, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
In the West, cities like Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, can offer homeless people spots in new hotel programs and sanctioned campsites to clear away encampments.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Basically, the city tolerates things like encampments, bizarre behavior in public, and drug use as long as it's contained in segregated areas that are mostly out of sight of the majority of city residents.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Others complained about the encampment, with tarps and trash about, being an eyesore.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
At the beginning of each year near the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, Betancur donates 10% of his profits to local nonprofits, like delivering blankets to encampments in Charlotte.
—Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
The incident began after a caller reported an altercation at the encampment about 7:30 p.m.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024
By The New York Times Rahmatullah Anwari, 30, who used to grow rain-dependent wheat, left his home in Badghis Province in the country’s north for an encampment that has sprung up on the outskirts of Herat, the capital of an adjacent province.
—Lynsey Addario Victoria Kim, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The 67-year-old then started to make his way to the farm encampment, where several of the workers lived.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt
1
: the act of encamping : the state of being encamped
2
: the site of a camp
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