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boot camp

noun

Definition of boot campnext
1
as in basic training

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as in workshop

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Recent Examples of boot camp McDonough explained that the boot camp was more challenging for some actors than others. — Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 But my four nights at the Ranch Hudson Valley, the East Coast outpost of the Malibu favorite, reveal that this is neither austere boot camp nor cutting-edge wellness clinic. — Johanna Wolfe, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026 This talent pool includes four-year and community college graduates, tech boot camp alumni, workforce development program participants, military veterans, and those with unrelated job experiences. — Michelle Sims, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The kitchen scenes are a combo platter of boot camp, frat house hazing ritual and kung fu movie. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for boot camp
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  1. basic training
  2. workshop
  3. clinic
  4. symposium
Noun
  • The latest exercises demonstrated the basic training needed to operate the new tank so crews could progress to more complicated battlefield conditions, including environments with extensive drone disruption.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Ryan completed basic training and Airborne School at Fort Benning, then special forces training at Fort Bragg.
    — Monique John, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of basic training
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  • According to her attorney, after an investigation at the university, two of the accused were expelled with the remaining students received lesser sanctions, such as temporary suspensions, workshops or essay-writing assignments.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Along with a 10-room inn, there are two lofts available in Gagnon’s former workshop.
    — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of workshop
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  • Co-founded in Beverly Hills by Michelle Tang and Ron Sonnenberg, IMA ART is neither an IVF clinic nor a traditional surrogacy agency.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The biohacking and antiaging clinic has built a reputation for its advanced technologies, cutting-edge protocols and signature rejuvenation treatments that combine detox, meditation and cryotherapy.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • For The Times) UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk’s statement to distance the university from a law school symposium on 9/11 has promoted growing faculty backlash over academic freedom.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Those reading the tea leaves even focused on how Warsh kicked off his speech at the economic policy symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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