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as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed
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Noun
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The year-round campground has 56 sites with access to flush toilets, running water, and a dump station.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026 -
All tickets include concert and campground access.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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Mountain Rescue Aspen dispatched a ground team on snowmobiles while CareFlight sent a helicopter again, this time landing about 500 feet from the hut, officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
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One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Camping Regulations All campsites share the same basic regulations.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Advertisement Life in captivity Smart opens up about how Mitchell raped her several times a day at the campsite during the summer of 2002.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Practicing at training camp even amid contract negotiations.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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The journalists were filming near a displacement camp in central Gaza, managed by an Egyptian government committee, said Mohammed Mansour, the committee's spokesperson.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Learn about Barbados’ heritage with a rum shack tour or an excursion to a local Rasta community.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
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All are unified by a boardwalk that’s open to the public and lined with bike rentals, a taco shack, platforms for live music and a full-time professional sandcastle builder.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
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A number of historic buildings and sites includes the working blacksmith shop;, the Price-Thomas and Papini homes; the Mormon, James Marshall and Miner’s cabins; and the Indian bedrock mortar.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Del Gaudio directly experienced Boulder’s 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire, which destroyed 169 homes, her cabin included, in the process of burning 6,181 acres.—
Richard Olsen,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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