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plural of camp
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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 cottages
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use years ago the wealthy industrialists built some rather grand camps along the lake

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camps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of camp

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Recent Examples of camps
Noun
That means just six international camps before the tournament starts, so at most 60 days of contact with the players. Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 For that reason, most camps don’t allow hardside luggage that isn’t flexible. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025 In Al Mawasi, miles of fields have been turned into cramped camps of thousands of tents. Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025 Boxing, gymnastics, summer camps and communal activities give them a sense of agency and moments of joy. Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 In addition to classes, camps and live music, the Idaho Botanical Garden hosts plenty of fall festivities. Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2025 More than one million Rohingya refugees who fled persecution from the Myanmar military now live in camps in Cox's Bazar — and over half of them are under 18, according to UNICEF. Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025 The center features plenty of interactive exhibits, camps and games for children and a Fossil Frontier where guests can explore fossils from across Tennessee. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025 The second film, made two years into the war, in 2024, was shot in various camps across Europe and the US, where Ukrainian refugees resided alongside those fleeing other conflicts and crises. Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camps
Noun
  • The snowstorm eventually left roads to the tourist campgrounds blocked, and hundreds of locals and rescue teams, including Tibet's Blue Sky Rescue team, have been dispatched to the area to clear out the snow blocking the pathways.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Lodging, dining, and fuel services are available in each town, and trailheads, campgrounds, and scenic overlooks are scattered throughout the route.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the 1950s and 60s, a group of European immigrants built two of the four rustic huts that make up the traverse, which is within Nahuel Huapi National Park.
    Scott Yorko, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • There are also no regulations for construction, which typically leads to conflicts when new houses or huts pop up along the beaches.
    Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the vacation rentals below, uncover all that is distinct and dreamy in Scotland, from coastal cottages to Georgian manor homes.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The two met as kids, chasing each other around at their families’ cottages.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The first floor houses a lounge area with a panoramic view on the ground floor, where indoor courts are located alongside changing rooms, a café offering the experience of an Italian cafeteria enriched by a healthy snack menu, as well as a Golden Goose store.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Mysterious sounds are often heard in the cavern, which houses the largest flowstone formation in the state.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • About 900 people, among them hikers, guides, yak herders and other workers were trapped in campsites amid the severe snowstorm — which came during China's eight-day Golden Week holiday.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Rescue efforts were underway on Sunday to clear access to campsites on Tibet’s eastern slope of Mount Everest, where nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a blizzard that has blocked roads, according to Chinese state media reports.
    Reuters, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Many international airlines, too, are doing away with separate first-class seating in favor of larger business-class cabins.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And a lot of the details about the cabins.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Remove firewood, bricks, boards, tarps, or vegetation up against the house, which shelters insects that provide food for spiders, says Gray.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Gaza population of more than 2 million has been repeatedly uprooted throughout the war, with most residents now squeezed into tent encampments in the southern part of the territory, near the border with Egypt.
    Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Gardner framed it to exclude the girl’s relatives, the commissioners’ assistants, the fort and nearby Indian encampments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025

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