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 career included its hiccups, a not-yet-ready-for-primetime quarterback thrust into a starting role as a freshman, an on-campus protest in which the football team was lodged and, well, not as many wins as anyone involved would have liked. — Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 Hutman wanted the entire Facebook campus to avoid being one brutal (Brutalist) metaphor, however. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 Last Energy, a commercial developer of the micromodular nuclear reactors in the US has secured the Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) for its pilot facility at Texas A&M University’s RELLIS campus. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026 The land Mana sold will soon become Carnegie Mellon University’s new Miami campus. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for campus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campus
Noun
  • Slowly but surely, these changes could impact visitors to the park, Turner said.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Despite being home to multiple public parks, the subdivision has just two public vehicle entrances.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • While there is a deep respect for heritage that runs through their properties, the connection isn’t overwrought or explicit.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Footage taken from an overhead drone by NBC affiliate WBBH shows a bare layer of roof across three buildings that are part of the sprawling hotel property.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In his prior three-year stint with the Arizona Cardinals, Demercado ran for 819 yards and three touchdowns over the course of 40 games played.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There also appeared to be trash and debris scattered around the premises.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • One of the shelters available during recent alerts is a modernised facility beneath the premises of municipal bus operator MPK in Lublin.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Badly injured, Captain Machchhar somehow opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower al-Hammami, and two off-duty pilots to take control of the plane and land it in Saudi Arabia.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Food fried in beef tallow lands crisper and less greasy than food fried in seed oils, with a deeper savory flavor cooks notice right away.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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