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 The police will have to disclose only reports of crimes that took place on the campus itself, and not reports concerning burglary, larceny and other offenses, which the judge deemed irrelevant. Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026 My situation was similar to that of many first-generation college students walking onto college campuses this fall. Todd Buchanan, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 As tuition climbs and federal oversight tightens on low-earning programs, a new tool lets families compare outcomes across California campuses. Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Rafael Roman-Melendez came to Waukegan from his native Puerto Rico in 2018 to teach history at Waukegan High School’s Washington campus, moving a year after Hurricane Maria caused major damage to the island. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for campus
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Noun
  • He was found dead after crashing his blue Kia into a home near the park.
    Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Down in the Keys, Dry Tortugas National Park has grappled with deteriorating historic masonry and failing dock systems, threatening the safety of tens of thousands of visitors who visit the park’s remote Fort Jefferson each year.
    Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Other alleged violations — which total 23 in all — range from not having any smoke or carbon monoxide detectors throughout the property to failing to maintain the building in a structurally safe and stable condition.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • With a light, silky texture, the brand’s body balm combines the hydrating properties of a body lotion with the anti-aging effects of a potent serum.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Foster made the most of the opportunity, tallying seven catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in the preseason and standing out throughout training camp.
    Andrew Destin, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Missouri Southern’s Tillman Martin, who played in high school at Liberty North, completed 21 of 38 pass attempts for 210 yards and two touchdowns.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • Sustained gunfire began past midnight at the premises of the Diori Hamani International Airport, which hosts a major military base, according to an AP witness who requested anonymity for safety reasons.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The premises is also set to exhibit thousands of objects sourced from the Powerhouse Collection, a massive national archive of artifacts.
    News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Those payloads give crews a visible way to assess where training rockets land during live-fire exercises.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.
    Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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