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
Continue reading … POLICY PIVOT — NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani to resume clearing homeless encampments after pausing policy.
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FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The policy of clearing such encampments has been adopted by mayors for many years, including by Mamdani’s spiritual predecessor Bill de Blasio.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mamdani’s predecessor, Eric Adams, touted sweeps of makeshift encampments as a centerpiece of his efforts to restore order to the city.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles city officials may be empowered to remove homeless encampments from hillside areas at severe risk of fire, even without the property owner’s permission, under a proposal that the City Council moved forward on Tuesday.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
There is no evidence that anyone who died had been living in encampments, according to the mayor's office, which has conducted an aggressive campaign to coax homeless people into new shelters, heated buses and warming centers.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Instead of hurrying to break up tents and scatter RVs, Lee and Oakland’s interim homelessness chief Sasha Hauswald want city workers to focus on minimizing trash and human waste around encampments.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives said that his death was being investigated as a potential connection to three other homicides that have happened at the same group of encampments in Willowbrook over four months, dating back to last October.
—Rachel Kim, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
In October 2024, authorities in Minnesota said three people were killed, and three others were injured in back-to-back shootings at two separate homeless encampments.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The policy of clearing such encampments has been adopted by mayors for many years, including by Mamdani’s spiritual predecessor Bill de Blasio.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Mamdani’s predecessor, Eric Adams, touted sweeps of makeshift encampments as a centerpiece of his efforts to restore order to the city.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles city officials may be empowered to remove homeless encampments from hillside areas at severe risk of fire, even without the property owner’s permission, under a proposal that the City Council moved forward on Tuesday.
—Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
There is no evidence that anyone who died had been living in encampments, according to the mayor's office, which has conducted an aggressive campaign to coax homeless people into new shelters, heated buses and warming centers.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Instead of hurrying to break up tents and scatter RVs, Lee and Oakland’s interim homelessness chief Sasha Hauswald want city workers to focus on minimizing trash and human waste around encampments.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives said that his death was being investigated as a potential connection to three other homicides that have happened at the same group of encampments in Willowbrook over four months, dating back to last October.
—Rachel Kim, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
In October 2024, authorities in Minnesota said three people were killed, and three others were injured in back-to-back shootings at two separate homeless encampments.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encampments
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Meanwhile, visitors from the campgrounds and Curry Village’s tent cabins were evacuated ahead of the storm earlier this week, according to SFGate.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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It's located at milepost 51 across from Big Meadows, an open area with campgrounds and spring wildflowers.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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The park also has plenty of more remote backcountry campsites.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
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All of the park’s campsites and the popular Curry Village cabins are also closed through at least February 19 due to high winds and snow.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
18 Feb. 2026
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Clark was scheduled to start his annual tour of spring training camps on Tuesday.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Many of the children have grown up in camps after ISIS lost territorial control, and some are now approaching fighting age, raising fears about future radicalization and recruitment.—
Efrat Lachter , Trey Yingst,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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