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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
Eleanor ends up passing off the story of Bessie surviving a concentration camp in Poland as her own.
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Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
To what degree was infamous filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator who knew about Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps?
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Eight months later, nearly every Jew who was left in Hamburg was deported to concentration camps, including her entire extended family who was murdered, except for one surviving aunt.
—Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
World War II concentration camp footage, for instance, has been instrumental in fighting Holocaust denialism.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
To what degree was infamous filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator who knew about Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps?
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Eight months later, nearly every Jew who was left in Hamburg was deported to concentration camps, including her entire extended family who was murdered, except for one surviving aunt.
—Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
World War II concentration camp footage, for instance, has been instrumental in fighting Holocaust denialism.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
Noun
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Maxwell was transferred from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after being interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in July.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Takei and his family were eventually moved to a prison camp in Arkansas.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 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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The New York Yankees lost in Game 1 of the ALDS to the Toronto Blue Jays after their bullpen imploded in the seventh inning.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Oct. 2025
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Roberts said Glasnow will be available out of the bullpen on Saturday.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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