campus

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 Oracle has developed a $1.4 billion Nashville campus for its global headquarters, and Amazon has leased over 1 million square feet of office space in downtown — on top of opening a $230 million East Coast operations hub in 2018. Natalie Rice, CNBC, 23 May 2025 Under the legislation, a school district’s board of trustees could adopt a policy requiring campuses to provide students and employees with an opportunity to partake in a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text each school day. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025 Ilan-Lael Foundation Spring Tours: The Ilan-Lael Foundation will open the doors of its mountaintop campus in Santa Ysabel in May for spring tour season. San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025 While efforts to be proactive have meant more patients are able to receive the standard of care in Dallas, that is still not the case at every medical campus in the region. Kavitha Surana, CNN Money, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for campus
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Noun
  • For more information, call the park visitor center (479) 789-5000.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • Tris Speaker scored the winning run from first on a single. 1932 — Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit four doubles in one game. 1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox won his 20th consecutive game at home, the longest home park streak in the major leagues.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Trinh had been upset about past instances of livestock getting over the fence into his yard and had threatened to shoot any animals that entered his property, his neighbor told the deputies.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
  • Laundry sanitizer differs from chlorine bleach, which also has disinfecting properties.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • When the yard was finally cleared of bees, thanks to Stalnacker's quick thinking and a bottle of Dawn dish soap, the cause was discovered.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Rossman told investigators that the 15-year-old would often stop by and do chores like weeding his yard.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Super Nintendo World is home to two smaller lands, Super Mario Land and Donkey Kong Country.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • These sightings offer hope that this snake may return to lands it was once pushed out of.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025

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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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