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
Sometime before, Rivers jumped over a wall to get onto the campus.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Last year, Axios reported leaders were looking to purchase a campus for Dialog in the Washington D.C. suburbs.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Last month, a small plane owned by a Hollywood flight training company crashed with two people aboard on the campus of South Florida State Hospital after taking off from North Perry Airport.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
My father ran a university campus there and was considered by some to be a running dog of the American corporate elite and possibly a secret agent sent to destroy them.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Last year, Axios reported leaders were looking to purchase a campus for Dialog in the Washington D.C. suburbs.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Last month, a small plane owned by a Hollywood flight training company crashed with two people aboard on the campus of South Florida State Hospital after taking off from North Perry Airport.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
My father ran a university campus there and was considered by some to be a running dog of the American corporate elite and possibly a secret agent sent to destroy them.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campus
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Grab these lightweight sneakers for gym days or walks around the park, and check out these $18 foam platforms that are practically begging to hit the beach.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
23 June 2026
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Bradford says the new park will be an economic driver for the area.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Noun
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Earlier this month in state Superior Court, a special servicer representing Fallas’ lender asked for a judicial foreclosure of the property, alleging that Fallas had stopped making payments on a $32 million loan dating to 2017.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Foreclosure proceedings began in August 2025, and the property was later approved for a public auction, NBC Connecticut reported.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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The stump grindings can be piled up in the back corner of the yard to decompose over a couple of years.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
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And then, in the 21st minute of Sunday’s game, after Kevin Pina split Uruguay’s wall with a 77 mph, 34-yard free kick, giving Cape Verde the lead, there was no doubt this game was going to be exciting.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2026
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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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More recently, Boyd has criticized the elimination of federal programs aimed at helping farmers of color acquire land.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Algae need nitrogen and phosphorus to grow, and the Reflecting Pool is primarily fed by the Potomac River, which gets heavy doses of those nutrients from nearby urban and agricultural lands.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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