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as in campgrounds
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 houses
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 camps
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
For many kids, summer means camps, vacations, and sports.
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Tori Mason,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Chyzowych was a star player who helped establish a network of coaching schools and camps around the United States.
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Brian Mann,
NPR,
25 June 2026
As a result, immigrant rights groups say, asylum seekers lived for months in makeshift camps on the Mexico side of the border without reliable food, shelter or safety.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Local authorities in the Crimean Peninsula – a popular summer vacation destination for Russians – have cancelled children’s camps in recent days and called off all outdoor sport activities until further notice.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
At Great Plains camps in Botswana and Zimbabwe, guests can meet members of the Great Plains Foundation’s Female Range Programme, which launched in 2022 and trains women to become wildlife rangers.
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Emese MacZko,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Whichever superstar signs first could establish the benchmark for the other, creating a high-stakes waiting game between two camps.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Additionally, please note that the segment of the Gabrielino Trail in and around the West Fork and Devore Trail camps was damaged in recent storms.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
Around 30 Maple Park Middle School students spent the last few weeks of the summer term weaving English language arts and STEM skills together to research the international soccer teams with base camps in Kansas City and create animatronics based on their findings.
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Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
For many kids, summer means camps, vacations, and sports.
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Tori Mason,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Chyzowych was a star player who helped establish a network of coaching schools and camps around the United States.
—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
25 June 2026
As a result, immigrant rights groups say, asylum seekers lived for months in makeshift camps on the Mexico side of the border without reliable food, shelter or safety.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Local authorities in the Crimean Peninsula – a popular summer vacation destination for Russians – have cancelled children’s camps in recent days and called off all outdoor sport activities until further notice.
—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
At Great Plains camps in Botswana and Zimbabwe, guests can meet members of the Great Plains Foundation’s Female Range Programme, which launched in 2022 and trains women to become wildlife rangers.
—
Emese MacZko,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Whichever superstar signs first could establish the benchmark for the other, creating a high-stakes waiting game between two camps.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Additionally, please note that the segment of the Gabrielino Trail in and around the West Fork and Devore Trail camps was damaged in recent storms.
—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Verb
That sounds like a figure of speech because nobody camps out overnight for tickets anymore.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.
—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camps
Noun
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Twelvemile Beach and Hurricane River Beach are close to campgrounds of the same names.
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Those include the Lowry, Prospector, Windy Point and Marvine campgrounds in the White River National Forest; and the Iron City, Spillway and Jefferson Creek campgrounds in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest.
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The Blue Lagoon purchased the property and began welcoming guests in 2023 across a hotel, a set of private lodges, huts, a hostel, and a campsite.
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Small huts in the distance, on the very edge of things.
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The best cottages are the ones lower down, which have complete privacy as no one can look in from below.
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There is also a lighthouse that was constructed in 1885, three tourist cottages and one 20-bed tourist home, according to the Administration of UT of Lakshadweep.
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Unlike other watering systems, the IrriSense 2 houses its controller, sprinkler, electric valve, and nutrient feeder in a single device, controlled via an app on your phone.
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The former seminary's crypt now houses the Wine Grotto.
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Parts of the trail, completed in 2025, offer visitors access to kayaks, boat ramps, picnic shelters, restrooms, and campsites, according to Atlanta.
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Plan a day trip floating along the river or utilize the many campsites for a multi-day journey.
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The tour included real history and mythology, then also quests, cabins based on godly parents and skits.
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The report added that if Mystic did have an evacuation plan for the Guadalupe River-adjacent cabins based on previous flood experiences, it was not put into writing or communicated to the staff, counselors and campers.
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Made up of vast mangrove forests, brackish marshlands, and tons of tiny islands, the refuge shelters a wide variety of animals, including American alligators and crocodiles, Florida panthers, manatees, river otters, bottle-nosed dolphins, and more than 200 species of migratory birds.
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The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless elderly woman who shelters there each night.
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In January, during our coldest winter in 45 years, the mayor reversed the policy of the previous administration and refused to break up homeless encampments regardless of the sub freezing temperatures.
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Bowser tussled with Trump for much of 2025 over deploying the National Guard and briefly taking over the city's police department while cooperating with the White House on other matters such as clearing homeless encampments.
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“Camps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camps. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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