BOOT CAMP Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

boot camp

noun

Definition of boot camp

as in basic training

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as in workshop

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Recent Examples of boot camp Some of the Guardians, as Space Force troops are known, received firearms training – for the first time since boot camp. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026 The athletes will also go through the Presidential Fitness Test, a military-style boot camp circuit and an obstacle course. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 July 2026 At the owner’s trial, several veterans described the boot camp as a slapdash operation that duped them with hollow promises of a good-paying career. — Andrew Ba Tran, Washington Post, 22 July 2026 Rauscher joined the Naval Reserves in 1966, and completed boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes in early 1967. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for boot camp

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The Army's most significant response has been the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, a pre-basic training program primarily at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for recruits who narrowly miss academic or body-fat standards.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Just a year ago, the 19-year-old Carrollton native graduated from Hebron High School before heading to basic training.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of basic training

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Superintendent Howard Hepburn proposed the board to close 10 schools at a workshop on Tuesday, including William Dandy Middle in Fort Lauderdale, a school where a Schools of Hope charter school plans to move in.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Weekend membership passes are still available with options for multiday and single-day attendance, with countless activities, workshops and parties to attend.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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Free and charitable clinics scramble to absorb uninsured patients even as Florida’s healthcare squeeze becomes a defining campaign issue, exposing a broader national failure to rein in medical costs.

— Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Their arrival quickly caught the attention of a man who had parked nearby and was walking toward the clinic.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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Since then, the company has emerged as a key strategic firm in the country’s ambition to dominate future technology, with its founder Wang Xingxing seated in the front row at President Xi Jinping’s rare symposium with top tech businesses last year.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The symposium was moved from a 400-seat auditorium at the National Gallery to a meeting room at Dumbarton Oaks that seats 80.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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