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Recent Examples of campo First discovered: 3:41 p.m. Sep. 4 Initial location: San Diego County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Mutual Aid/campo A new wildfire was reported today at 3:41 p.m. in San Diego County, California. Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Indeed, Eugenio, whose large-scale figurative paintings have been exhibited across Europe, Latin America, and the US, exerts a fatherly influence across the campo. Alessandra Schade, Vogue, 7 June 2025 Since 2019, Javier Farfan has been the quarterback — or, el mariscal de campo — overseeing a massive push to highlight the league-wide spectrum of Latinidad. Alan Chazaro, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024 Some readers may note that three of the Marte daughters were born in the 1950s during the 30-year dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, yet there is no specific reference to his tyranny, his notorious preying on campo girls or the measures families took to protect them. Patricia Engel, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023 The campo, which forms part of the 150,000-hectare Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, is best accessed via cable car. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2023 The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto’s central square, or campo. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Vasquez is the youngest artist in the show, and his paintings show the joy of lively gatherings in the campo (meaning rural areas or the countryside in Spanish-speaking countries and within the Latinx diaspora). CNN, 31 Aug. 2021 Like many Puerto Ricans born in the campo (boondocks) or born before the 1950s, birth dates and timelines are a blurred suggestion. Illyanna Maisonet, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campo
Noun
  • In the 1980s, Nolin and Mutter helped coordinate the restoration of a natural prairie ecosystem at the site.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
  • One way to pair the two experiences is a ride on the Grand Canyon Railway, where travelers can see high desert, prairie and pine forest landscapes on a 4½ hour round-trip train ride that starts in the Route 66 town of Williams and stops at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On the Kazakh steppe, centuries of nomadic tradition shaped a culture rooted in hospitality and community.
    Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • From the frozen Arctic to the windswept Mongolian steppe, necessity and environment shaped diets that leaned heavily — sometimes almost entirely — on meat.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Iconic species like cheetahs, leopards and the black rhino are found in the plains and forests of Tanzania.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Aquifers collapsed, fertile plains subsided, and deserts spread.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Rocking Star Adventures has four different tours that soar over the glaciers, mountains, and grasslands that form the park.
    Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For those who want a more challenging workout, there is a loop trail to the west on the other side of South Valley Road called Grazing Elk, located on a relatively flat, elevated grassland that offers great views of the rock formations to the east.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Campo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campo. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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