campus

Definition of campusnext
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 Off-campus housing can typically mean an aging apartment building, a rental house or a converted home near campus. Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 That in turn ignited protests across the United States, especially on college campuses. Giovanna Dell'orto, Fortune, 31 July 2026 For SoFi, recruiting on Notre Dame’s campus likely isn’t the primary driver of the Fighting Irish patches. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026 The full data center campus is expected to use 54 million gallons per year. Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for campus
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Noun
  • Goodman even noted that Coors Field is not in the top five home run hitter parks by Baseball Savant’s park factor metric.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • With cars that spin at 72 mph — Universal’s fastest coaster anywhere — Hollywood Drift promises to deliver a park experience that lives up to the franchise’s name.
    Robert Niles, Oc Register, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Planning Director Cori Reaume told the council that the specific use permits means city staff would consider noise, water systems and effects of data centers on adjacent properties.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • Other efforts include the suspension of the nightly hotel tax charged at higher-end properties and the removal of the 7% municipal fee applied to hotel and restaurant bills.
    Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • Carrollton Freshman 1,000-yard rusher for the 2025 Class 2A champion.
    Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • The top quarterbacks in college football, especially in a play-action vertical offense, are typically sitting around 10 yards on average target depth.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • Organizations need a comprehensive inventory of non-human identities across cloud, on-premises and third-party environments.
    Damon Fleury, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Police called on everyone in a post on X to leave the premises of the event immediately.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
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  • The modest park sits on less than one acre of land off Parkwood Avenue and includes a playground, a picnic shelter and green space.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Ceuta and ‌Melilla, another Spanish autonomous city in northern Morocco, have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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