encampments

noun

plural of encampment
as in campgrounds
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 encampments Sterry said there are benefits to encampments, including community and mutual support. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2026 With more than 350 clients, Ghost Town is now everywhere and their customers rave about their work to move encampments that once held them hostage. — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 31 July 2026 After Perez-Munoz was arrested and charged in August 2024, police and defense investigators had to try and track down eyewitnesses who live in homeless encampments and ramshackle cabins around Oakland. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 The figures underscore the worsening conditions amid a surge in gang attacks and the growing vulnerability of Haiti’s gang refugees, many of whom have no choice but to live in makeshift encampments with no doors, lighting or basic security. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Mayor Eric Adams prioritized eliminating encampments by pursuing an aggressive strategy of criminalization and encampment sweeps led by the NYPD, and expanded use of involuntary hospitalizations. — Dave Giffen, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026 One tent houses 12 of them as dirty water flows through the Gaza encampments, exposing all living there to unsanitary conditions. — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026 That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 The lawsuit alleges that federal pressure on the university following the encampments led to Thrasher’s suspension, internal disciplinary charges, denial of tenure and upcoming termination. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encampments
  1. campgrounds
  2. campsites
  3. camps
Noun
  • The Davis family splits their time across campgrounds, RV parks and RV resorts — luxury campgrounds with heated pools, live entertainment, bars and play areas for kids.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
  • In the north’s Nabesna District, there’s the less-trodden Nabesna Road, a rugged 42-mile route that leads to trails, campgrounds, and a remote wilderness lodge.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
Definition of campgrounds
Noun
  • The campground, which sits next to the Youghiogheny River, features about 200 campsites and is open from April to mid-December.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Authorities said about 240 homes have been destroyed, while nearly 4,000 holidaymakers have been evacuated from campsites, holiday villages and tourist resorts in Lacanau, about 35 miles west of Bordeaux.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of campsites
Noun
  • Ali Qader, the head of the rehabilitation center, said several children told him Colombians trained them at camps around the capital.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Defensive tackle Cam Heyward's first 15 camps were defined in part by what Tomlin likened to full-on sparring as opposed to shadowboxing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of camps

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