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a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
Sasha will escape Vichy France, but her family will still die in the concentration camps.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
After the family is discovered and sent to concentration camps, Gies preserves young Anne’s (Billie Boullet) diary and eventually sees its publication.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Last year, Joseph Ladapo, whom DeSantis had appointed as Florida’s surgeon general in 2021, appeared to compare childhood vaccine schedules to medical experiments conducted by the Nazis in concentration camps.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
After the family is discovered and sent to concentration camps, Gies preserves young Anne’s (Billie Boullet) diary and eventually sees its publication.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Last year, Joseph Ladapo, whom DeSantis had appointed as Florida’s surgeon general in 2021, appeared to compare childhood vaccine schedules to medical experiments conducted by the Nazis in concentration camps.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
Noun
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But shortly after meeting with Blanche, she was moved to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Holmes, 41, has two small children and is serving her term at a minimum-security prison camp northwest of Houston.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The family was forced into a cattle car packed full of mostly Jewish people, forced to go to what was supposed to be a work camp at Auschwitz in Poland, but was an extermination camp.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Assuming Crawford or another starter candidate fills the long-relief role, the rest of the bullpen looks practically set.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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Look for a similar village approach to soaking up innings out of the bullpen in 2026.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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