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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
The item is a concentration camp uniform belonging to a gay survivor, accompanied by a photo of him donning the clothes and a certificate of castration.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Most effective however is Vanderbilt’s decision to stop the action and simply run the devastating real black-and-white film footage of the slaughter of Jews in the concentration camps.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
The federal government imprisoned Hibi and Okubo in concentration camps, first in California and then in Utah; Hayakawa relocated to New Mexico.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Almond and his collaborators, including this season's artist-in-residence, cellist Alexander Hersh, will performs works by Erwin Schulhoff and Viktor Ullmann, who both died in concentration camps.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Most effective however is Vanderbilt’s decision to stop the action and simply run the devastating real black-and-white film footage of the slaughter of Jews in the concentration camps.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
The federal government imprisoned Hibi and Okubo in concentration camps, first in California and then in Utah; Hayakawa relocated to New Mexico.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Almond and his collaborators, including this season's artist-in-residence, cellist Alexander Hersh, will performs works by Erwin Schulhoff and Viktor Ullmann, who both died in concentration camps.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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Todd Chrisley was being released from a minimum-security federal prison camp in Pensacola, FL, Julie Chrisley was being released from the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, KY, and the rest of the family lives near Nashville.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
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Soon after giving the interviews in late July, she was transferred to a cushier, minimum-security prison camp in Texas.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The novel was inspired by Steinbeck’s journalism work, particularly for The San Francisco News, which had commissioned him to cover migrant labor camps in the Salinas valley.—
Paul Slovak
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Every day, the MLA team crisscrosses west Michigan in search of labor camps.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Despite obsessing over matchups all season, the Tigers entered this series with only two lefties in their bullpen and other important relievers stuck in the option cycle.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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His last 123 appearances have been out of the bullpen, so a transition back to a starting pitcher may be tough.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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