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as in basic training
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as in workshop
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Recent Examples of boot camp
The series spans the entire three months of boot camp, encompassing obstacle and confidence courses, rifle shooting and the final 54-hour test, known as the Crucible.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Cope is woefully unprepared for the physical rigor of boot camp, but fully invested in making it to graduation.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
The University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab invited the authors to an accelerator boot camp in 2019.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
His decision to keep his sexuality a secret is a survival strategy for surviving boot camp for the United States Marine Corps.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Cope is woefully unprepared for the physical rigor of boot camp, but fully invested in making it to graduation.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
The University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab invited the authors to an accelerator boot camp in 2019.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
His decision to keep his sexuality a secret is a survival strategy for surviving boot camp for the United States Marine Corps.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot camp
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When his best friend — only friend — Ray (Liam Oh) leaves the Air Force Academy and enlists in the Marines, Cameron learns about the buddy system guaranteeing that friends who enlist together can do basic training together.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Following two years of basic training, the new candidates will be eligible for mission assignments in low-Earth orbit and on the Moon, as NASA's Artemis program works toward sending the first humans to Mars.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Early in the week, Red Bull leaned into the spirit of communal dance with workshops that honored the styles and histories that pulse through the Black diaspora.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
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With that in mind, the Manson Family workshop would be held on June 11, a Monday — Butler’s one day off.—
Jay Glennie,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Facing budget deficits that would affect the county’s general fund and Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, which provides a healthcare safety net that includes four public hospitals and and 15 clinics, county supervisors unanimously voted in August to put Measure A on the ballot in November.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Not only is the light spooky, but the three-hour tour traverses large rooms where the tuberculosis clinic was housed.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Rull said her boss, Cutié, also didn’t know how the $150,000 for the rodeo and the mayors’ symposium was added to Aviation’s budget.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sulwhasoo’s research with Johns Hopkins University is ongoing, and the company will continue to host the symposium annually to unveil additional research.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Boot camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20camp. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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