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as in campsite
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms
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Recent Examples of camp
Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The focus was on Afghanistan, and when to take out the al-Qaeda training camps protected by the country’s Taliban leadership.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Their home — the only home the girls have ever known — was one of some 6,000 destroyed in the Eaton fire, so now the family is basically camping out in a Sierra Madre apartment until their house can be rebuilt.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The focus was on Afghanistan, and when to take out the al-Qaeda training camps protected by the country’s Taliban leadership.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
The last Il Mostro murder — when French couple Nadine Mauriot and Jean Michel Kraveichvili were shot while on a camping holiday — happened that same year.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Their home — the only home the girls have ever known — was one of some 6,000 destroyed in the Eaton fire, so now the family is basically camping out in a Sierra Madre apartment until their house can be rebuilt.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camp
Noun
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Lodging options vary from winter campsites and rustic cottages, to cozy micro-refuges and larger chalets.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle incorporates a 15-kW power takeoff for keeping the campsite electrified or for charging batteries.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Its current form—a dream of ultra-luxury now reclaimed by the jungle, having lost out to a community of beach huts—struck me as an apt metaphor for Itacaré.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The hostel also offers access to ice fishing in huts on the Saguenay Fjord, plus an onsite café that regularly features live music.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The 16-room inn, which has seven cottages - all named after the seven presidents born in Virginia - is also owned by Donahue.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Boomhower said the city shouldn’t be limiting development on sites that don’t have contributing resources just because some historic cottages might be nearby.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The charter revisions will lead to more housing and more types of housing in low-density neighborhoods, which is housing the city needs.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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After the investigation was published, 26 Democratic members of Congress, including a handful from California, sent a letter to Becerra demanding answers about how the Office of Refugee Resettlement, housed in his department, was operating and tracking children released from its care.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Despite this potentially campy subtext, however, the film’s existential hopelessness leaves a bleak impression.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Such is the brilliance of Wes Craven’s self-aware spin on serial-killer tropes, which manages to both mock a generation of teenagers raised on the campy likes of Friday the 13th and deliver honest scares in its own right.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Because North Dakota winters can be brutal, keep in mind that while the park itself is open 24/7, some visitor centers, roads, and campgrounds may shut down or operate on reduced hours in snowy months.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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In July, trans man Noah Ruiz told Them he was assaulted and arrested at a campground after using a women’s bathroom at the instruction of the camp’s owner.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Shockley and Maycock alerted the ship’s crew but alleged the staff did not take steps to remediate the issue in and around their cabin, according to the complaint.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the movie, with these two sexy people sparring for about 10 minutes, only to settle their differences over whiskey before a roaring fire in a snowbound cabin that looks like a vacation hideaway, has an unironic romance-novel baby-it’s-cold-outside vibe of old-school desert-island love.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The bullet narrowly missed Zwerner’s heart and remains lodged in her chest.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Doctors spent weeks trying to locate the bullet lodged in Garfield's body, but were unsuccessful.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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