campuses

plural of campus
as in parks
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 campuses O’Leary’s battle with protestors over the Stratos project is part of a nationwide backlash against the sprawling data center campuses that are being built to enable the AI boom. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 17 July 2026 And higher education’s new imperialists – Northeastern and Vanderbilt – are always on the lookout for new campuses to expand their empires. Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Others were not retained by new district leadership that is looking to jumpstart progress at struggling campuses. Samuel O’Neal 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026 First-time voters, young voters on college campuses and voters who have recently moved could also face the hurdle of finding and presenting this documentation in person. Sorelle Wyckoff Gaynor, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 In addition, this shortage places high pressure on local housing markets, exacerbating the broader housing crisis and creating challenges for communities near college campuses, the report said. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026 In 2024, the nonprofit health services organization revealed plans for an $800 million project that would create two new campuses in Santa Clara. George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 That plan calls for most school campuses to have a utilization rate of 80%. Austin Horn july 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 But they could be reserved and checked out from UCLA, even after being transferred from other UC campuses in Southern California, Grove wrote. Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 15 July 2026
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Noun
  • During a family fun night Monday at Summit Waves in Lee’s Summit, two incidents occurred, one involving a gun, according to the city’s parks and recreation department.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • River Bend Park River Bend Park is one of Sacramento’s oldest county parks, according to the county’s regional park website.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
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  • In addition to the aforementioned football field, the resort-like grounds also host a pool with a spa and a waterfall, along with a pizza oven, a game pavilion with a candy bar, and a sports court for tennis, basketball, and pickleball.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
  • There are other cooling spots as well as seven water misters on the fair grounds.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
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  • At trainings—held online, and in kitchens, basements, and alleyways—people were taught what to do if they were denied an acta, and how to handle the militares guarding the premises.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The bakery must have the premises serviced by a pest control operator before reopening, the report said.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
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  • Now, voters here will be asked to get rid of exemptions for lenders that seize properties over unpaid loans, which would provide a new source of public dollars amid Oakland’s long-term budget woes.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
  • This is important because atomically thin FeSe films have unusually good electrical properties for thermoelectric generation.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
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  • The now-26-year-old posted a career-high 1,201 yards and 11 touchdowns on 252 carries, and he was rewarded this offseason with a three-year contract extension.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • At Huntington Ingalls Industries—an American shipbuilding company that operates major yards in Newport News, Virginia and Pascagoula, Mississippi—over $110 million is invested annually in workforce development.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 July 2026

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