as in housing
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 camping
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
According to the study, the first patient was likely exposed to an infected tick when camping in San Mateo and Marin counties in June 2004.
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Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
Rondeau described her father as a devoted dad who took her to volleyball and softball practice, went camping with her and taught her about the outdoors.
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Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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Star-Telegram Weather Bot,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2026
Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
According to the study, the first patient was likely exposed to an infected tick when camping in San Mateo and Marin counties in June 2004.
—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2026
Rondeau described her father as a devoted dad who took her to volleyball and softball practice, went camping with her and taught her about the outdoors.
—
Nick Lunemann,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
—
Kansas City Star Weather Bot,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
—
Star-Telegram Weather Bot,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camping
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The second and third stories are open to visitors, while the first floor housing the gift shop remains closed.
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About 150 miles from SoFi Stadium, south of the Mexican border, sits the hotel housing Iran’s World Cup team for its games at the Inglewood venue.
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From a range of lodging options to activities and amenities that will please your whole crew, Ocean Edge delivers both classic Cape Cod vibes and a genuinely great family vacation experience.
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Hyatt House Pleasanton was one of several hotels engulfed in a massive nationwide loan failure for lodging properties.
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The structures include separate male and female changing cabins, a full dining hall capable of accommodating large dinner parties, a more intimate dining space, a summer kitchen, and several separate saunas.
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The reasons include maintaining routine and consistency, reducing risk of adverse reactions, providing cultural familiarity and accommodating personal preferences.
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Moore’s wartime Shelter Drawings depict families sheltering in the London Underground during air raids, while foreshadowing the abstract, organic forms of his later sculpture.
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If there was any threshold of flooding at which sheltering in place would be abandoned and campers would be instructed how and where to evacuate to higher ground, that plan would have been known only to the camp’s co-executive director, Dick Eastland.
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“Camping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camping. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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