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
Start with a stroll through Yale’s campus, stopping at standout museums such as the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Peabody Museum, and the Yale Center for British Art.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
The district also held a listening session at International Newcomer Academy days before the Board of Managers voted on whether to close the campus.
—Samuel O’Neal 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
The walkouts follow similar Stanford commencement protests over the past several years tied to Israel’s war in Gaza, part of a sustained wave of campus activism that has repeatedly targeted tech companies over their government contracts and AI deployments.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 June 2026
The rescue group said some of the beagles will go to other rescue groups while others will be sent to its Florida and Alabama campuses where they will be spayed, neutered, and prepared for adoption.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
The district also held a listening session at International Newcomer Academy days before the Board of Managers voted on whether to close the campus.
—Samuel O’Neal 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
The walkouts follow similar Stanford commencement protests over the past several years tied to Israel’s war in Gaza, part of a sustained wave of campus activism that has repeatedly targeted tech companies over their government contracts and AI deployments.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 June 2026
The rescue group said some of the beagles will go to other rescue groups while others will be sent to its Florida and Alabama campuses where they will be spayed, neutered, and prepared for adoption.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campus
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The other infected person had visited and camped at a county park and state beach in San Mateo and Marin counties.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Perry looked casually cute for her day in the park and wore a white T-shirt with khaki slacks.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The property sits within the Big Chico Creek watershed and contains archaeological sites connecting the Mechoopda people to the area for thousands of years.—
Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Rooms All 53 rooms in the labyrinthine property are incredibly spacious with a wide variety of room configurations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
Noun
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His backyard is located but a few hundred yards south of the airfield.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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While his yards per catch went up from 2024 to 2025, the 76 receptions were the lowest total since 2015, essentially his first full season as a starter in Kansas City.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Noun
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While there's no presidential library on the premises, there is a branch of the Chicago Public Library.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Locking themselves into school, these restless teenagers roamed the premises unsupervised.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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Most of that time was devoted to land animals, but for the past eight years, she’s also volunteered with Marine Mammals of Maine.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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Zelenskyy added that Russia’s withdrawal from slivers of land in the northeastern Kharkiv and Sumy regions, as well as the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, was part of the discussion.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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