as in park
the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.
Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day. Rallies were held on university campuses across the country. We walked around the campus on our first day.
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Recent Examples of campus
Another protective factor is that members of groups who are at higher risk for suicide often live or travel to campus.
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Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Its partners for that restoration effort include San Francisco State University’s Estuary and Ocean Science Center based at the Romberg Tiburon campus.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
There was an attempt to start one during World War II, and around 500 cork oaks from that period remain on the campus of the University of California, Davis.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The program primarily funds police officers, counselors and social workers on school campuses.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Its partners for that restoration effort include San Francisco State University’s Estuary and Ocean Science Center based at the Romberg Tiburon campus.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
There was an attempt to start one during World War II, and around 500 cork oaks from that period remain on the campus of the University of California, Davis.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The program primarily funds police officers, counselors and social workers on school campuses.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campus
Noun
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The Marlins dropped another one Tuesday at loanDepot park, losing to the Nationals 7-5 for their seventh defeat in eight games.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Polite dogs are allowed, but your pup might get stressed in the noisy, crowded park.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Rochester Hotel Once a public boarding house known as the Peeples Hotel, The Rochester Hotel has been thoroughly revamped into a 15-room property with luxury touches.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The senior quarterback completed 13 of 20 passes and threw for 130 yards with three touchdowns in a 49-0 win over MacDonald.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Los Angeles Police Department officers were called to the Hollywood Tow yard Monday afternoon to look into a foul odor emanating from the car, which had been in the yard for some days.—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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That means a business can choose to prohibit emotional support animals on its premises.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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And yet in restructuring Patagonia to ensure that its profits are used to protect wild lands, Chouinard accomplished something remarkable, turning a for-profit corporation with $1 billion in annual sales into one of the biggest environmental philanthropies in the country.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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