as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins the campsite at least offers shower and bathroom facilities

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Recent Examples of campsite Reserve a campsite at (619) 390-1623. Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025 Less than two days before their deaths, the police received a call reporting threats of murder and suicide at the campsite, raising questions about how the earlier call was handled. Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025 Several of the city’s small homeless campsites were broken down, leading some of the homeless to enter shelters temporarily. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025 Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites. Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for campsite
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Noun
  • Because North Dakota winters can be brutal, keep in mind that while the park itself is open 24/7, some visitor centers, roads, and campgrounds may shut down or operate on reduced hours in snowy months.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In July, trans man Noah Ruiz told Them he was assaulted and arrested at a campground after using a women’s bathroom at the instruction of the camp’s owner.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If Alt was going to be in the lineup, the Chargers had a chance to piece their front together and potentially contend, even after losing tackle Rashawn Slater for the season because of a training camp knee injury.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Campsite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campsite. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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