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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
Get a close look at more than 400 photos and 500 original artifacts from those who survived and died at the concentration camp.
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 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
Lillian Greenhut's late husband, Kurt Greenhut, was a child Holocaust survivor who endured internment in a concentration camp.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 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
Lillian Greenhut's late husband, Kurt Greenhut, was a child Holocaust survivor who endured internment in a concentration camp.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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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 one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Murphy is not acting alone, however, as he’s been assigned to the journey out of a labor camp run by a merciless, tobacco-spitting boss (Russell Crowe) — and some in his merriless band turn out to be savvier, and more malicious, than others.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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If Cody Bradford’s rehab from elbow surgery is complete by the end of April, Latz could then transition into a multi-inning, high-leverage reliever, which would significantly strengthen the bullpen.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The other three — Robert Suarez, Adrián Morejón and Jason Adam — were named to the All-Star team, but Estrada was every bit as important to protecting leads, even after Mason Miller was acquired to further strengthen the bullpen.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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