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as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors
the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym
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Recent Examples of encamp
Mahan said that homeless residents who had encamped around the surrounding areas would receive priority access to the tiny home community.
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Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
It's believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter or while attempting to walk back to civilization.
—Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
Many more have vowed to continue the resistance: The water protectors encamped at Standing Rock are now preparing to hunker down through North Dakota’s brutal winter.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2016
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Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
It's believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter or while attempting to walk back to civilization.
—Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
Many more have vowed to continue the resistance: The water protectors encamped at Standing Rock are now preparing to hunker down through North Dakota’s brutal winter.
—Lauren Carasik, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encamp
Verb
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For those who prefer tenting with a partner, Tentsile is simultaneously launching an Organza-bodied Air version of its two-person Flite tree tent.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Mar. 2026
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Any residents living in the apartment or home will need to vacate for 24 hours while the extermination team tents the space to release a fumigant gas.—
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
16 Feb. 2026
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The backdrop of this chilling début novel is the Briarley School for Girls, a regimented institution housed in an imposing English estate.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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All of the art is housed in 15 galleries within Frick’s former residence.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Last year, for Nowruz, the Persian new year, the couple camped on the southern island of Qeshm for 20 days.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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As far back as 2012, people without homes camped along the Coyote Creek near Story Road.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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There have been controversies and debates over the extent to which the military should accommodate religious expression.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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That is sending companies scrambling to accommodate the extra urgency as China makes progress toward its own 2030 moon landing.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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But he is instead now lodged in the middle of it.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
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That image lodged itself somewhere deep in me and never quite left.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
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In a cave that sheltered freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad, their uncle shares a story of a creature that stirs at night.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Becca’s life is pretty sheltered, and having a boyfriend is really exciting for her.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Encamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encamp. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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