Thesaurus results for ENCAMPMENT

encampment

noun

in-ˈkamp-mənt

as in campground

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree

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Recent Examples of encampment Often, they are pushed back to Belarus, where they get stuck in forest encampments along the border or in Minsk, in a kind of dangerous purgatory. —

Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 Meanwhile, cities across the Bay Area have ramped up parking enforcement, issuing citations and towing vehicles as RV encampments have become more visible. —

Jeffrey Kopp,kate Rogers, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026 City sanitation workers would then dismantle the encampment on the seventh day, with the hope that people would have cleared out of the area. —

Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026 The encampment echoed the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City to bring attention to growing income inequality. —

Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for encampment

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Noun

Stay at the campground in a cabin for as little as $50 a night and have access to the river before and after the day visitors do.

— Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
Anyone who has taken a walk around their campground after setting up their site knows the sense of ease that comes with it, along with the promise of a good weekend ahead.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026