work camp
noun
: a camp for workers: such as
b
: a short-term group project in which individuals from one or more religious organizations volunteer their labor
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Communal meals were served in the multi-ethnic work camps as plantation workers needed nutritious, hearty meals portioned to keep them going all day long.
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Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Saw tells his followers he was forced into slave labor at an Imperial work camp on his home planet Onderon.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.
—Patrick Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Saw tells his followers he was forced into slave labor at an Imperial work camp on his home planet Onderon.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.
—Patrick Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20camp. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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