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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
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
As a former player for the Los Angeles Lakers, Johnson will always have a foot in both the player and ownership camps, having been through labor wars in the NBA.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
For all of these camps, the fracas at Alpha Genesis offered a new occasion to denounce the waste of taxpayer dollars on unseemly animal experiments.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Three were sprawling refugee camps near el-Fasher that have emptied as RSF troops advanced, with most people fleeing into el-Fasher or nearby towns.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Five decades later, Alive Hospice operates two inpatient facilities in Middle Tennessee and provides in-home hospice care, grief counseling, children's camps, education programs and more.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
From Iranian missile installations in western Venezuela, to Hezbollah training camps on Margarita Island, to the Right to Protect in 2019, to now, a criminal invasion directed by Nicolás Maduro.
—David Smilde, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The route passes through 75 villages, the Dana Biosphere Reserve, and nomadic Bedouin camps.
—Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
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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
As a former player for the Los Angeles Lakers, Johnson will always have a foot in both the player and ownership camps, having been through labor wars in the NBA.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
For all of these camps, the fracas at Alpha Genesis offered a new occasion to denounce the waste of taxpayer dollars on unseemly animal experiments.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Three were sprawling refugee camps near el-Fasher that have emptied as RSF troops advanced, with most people fleeing into el-Fasher or nearby towns.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
Five decades later, Alive Hospice operates two inpatient facilities in Middle Tennessee and provides in-home hospice care, grief counseling, children's camps, education programs and more.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
From Iranian missile installations in western Venezuela, to Hezbollah training camps on Margarita Island, to the Right to Protect in 2019, to now, a criminal invasion directed by Nicolás Maduro.
—David Smilde, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
The route passes through 75 villages, the Dana Biosphere Reserve, and nomadic Bedouin camps.
—Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camps
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Its 80,000 residents welcome travelers with arms wide open and the area has all the things RV travelers need for a successful trip—from wide roads and easy parking to good food and welcoming campgrounds.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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Many of the trails run near rivers, inland lakes and campgrounds.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Practical tips for Swiss mountain huts Huts operate from approximately mid-June until mid-October, with about half remaining partially open (but unserviced) in the winter and spring.—
Lucy Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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Members have a number of accommodations to choose from — there’s a seven-bedroom farmhouse and four-bedroom cottage, 40 cabins and 20 huts.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Multiple guest cottages offer plenty of space for everyday living, with simple interiors that draw on the Lowcountry setting.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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From traditional coastal cottages to contemporary mountain getaways, the firm works in a wide range of styles, often drawing inspiration from designs of the past and the topography of the site.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
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Inside 26 Federal Plaza, the building that houses New York City’s immigration courts, ICE officers and Border Patrol agents have been patrolling the halls and positioning themselves outside courtrooms to detain migrants moments after their hearings.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Museu Afro Brasil houses some 6,000 artifacts telling this layered story through incredible visuals.—
Jade Moyano,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Several of the city’s small homeless campsites were broken down, leading some of the homeless to enter shelters temporarily.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Enjoy Balinese massages and a Rainforest hydrothermal circuit featuring hot and cold thermal cabins.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
24 Oct. 2025
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Even the rooms – called cabins or staterooms – have different names than at hotels.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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Also, Fateh has criticized Frey’s move to clear homeless encampments in the city without offering housing.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
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San Diego crews have cleared 184 encampments near freeways since the city got access over the summer to state land through a new agreement with the California Department of Transportation.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Camps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camps. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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