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
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Officers tracked Gomez to a nearby homeless encampment, where he was allegedly involved in a second violent altercation, according to police.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
The encampment at the Hyde Park school lasted eight days before being raided by campus police.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Monday, April 29, 2024.
—Dan Gooding
sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
With recovery housing virtually non-existent and the state producing only 40% of the housing needed each year, those cleared from encampments are funneled into dysfunctional shelters while waiting indefinitely for permanent units that offer no better path to recovery.
—Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
The encampment at the Hyde Park school lasted eight days before being raided by campus police.
—Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Monday, April 29, 2024.
—Dan Gooding
sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
With recovery housing virtually non-existent and the state producing only 40% of the housing needed each year, those cleared from encampments are funneled into dysfunctional shelters while waiting indefinitely for permanent units that offer no better path to recovery.
—Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for encampment
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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