as in campgrounds
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the campsite at least offers shower and bathroom facilities
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Recent Examples of campsites
Lodging options vary from winter campsites and rustic cottages, to cozy micro-refuges and larger chalets.
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Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
There are 278 individual campsites in nearby Rocky Gap State Park—including mini cabins and yurts.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
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
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
With 66,000 grandstand seats and more than 3,000 RV campsites, NASCAR fans from across the country would travel to Sparta, a city of 231 in Gallatin County, for a few weekends each year to enjoy the thrill of high-speed motorsports.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Visitors can stay overnight in cabins or campsites.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
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
Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
There are 278 individual campsites in nearby Rocky Gap State Park—including mini cabins and yurts.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
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
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
With 66,000 grandstand seats and more than 3,000 RV campsites, NASCAR fans from across the country would travel to Sparta, a city of 231 in Gallatin County, for a few weekends each year to enjoy the thrill of high-speed motorsports.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Visitors can stay overnight in cabins or campsites.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campsites
Noun
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The family campgrounds are called Buffalo Ridge and Taylor Ridge.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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There are a few regulations, such as tree cutting is prohibited at trailheads and in campgrounds.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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“Campsites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campsites. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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