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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The overnight and evening strikes hit an apartment, a refugee camp and a tent encampment, wounding more than a dozen others and leaving families again searching for loved ones in the rubble.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
In January, during our coldest winter in 45 years, the mayor reversed the policy of the previous administration and refused to break up homeless encampments regardless of the sub freezing temperatures.
—Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 20 June 2026
Bowser tussled with Trump for much of 2025 over deploying the National Guard and briefly taking over the city's police department while cooperating with the White House on other matters such as clearing homeless encampments.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 June 2026
The California Department of Transportation removed an encampment near Los Gatos on June 10.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
In January, during our coldest winter in 45 years, the mayor reversed the policy of the previous administration and refused to break up homeless encampments regardless of the sub freezing temperatures.
—Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 20 June 2026
Bowser tussled with Trump for much of 2025 over deploying the National Guard and briefly taking over the city's police department while cooperating with the White House on other matters such as clearing homeless encampments.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 17 June 2026
The California Department of Transportation removed an encampment near Los Gatos on June 10.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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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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