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
Her team goes to encampments in a dozen different locations.
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Sharon Chin, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Despite the recent overheated rhetoric and both real and apparent rifts and shifts between the States and Europe, the routine fashion-weeks encampments of the makers and their clients from all walks of life exhibit a rock-solid stability.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Columbia University's new president is already facing opposition from anti-Israel rabble-rousers, who have condemned her for previous actions taken against leftist encampments at her last college.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The deaths also come as Mamdani reversed Mayor Adams’ effort to remove homeless people from the streets by dismantling homeless encampments.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Homeless encampments soon sprang up around the site.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Typically, those areas house encampments or individuals sleeping in doorways and park benches.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
In the absence of shelters and other arrangements, California has allowed public spaces to host homeless encampments.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Since 2024, outreach teams have cleared 250 downtown encampments and shifted focus to permanent housing to try to reduce strain on the county jail and hospitals.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Sharon Chin, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Despite the recent overheated rhetoric and both real and apparent rifts and shifts between the States and Europe, the routine fashion-weeks encampments of the makers and their clients from all walks of life exhibit a rock-solid stability.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Columbia University's new president is already facing opposition from anti-Israel rabble-rousers, who have condemned her for previous actions taken against leftist encampments at her last college.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The deaths also come as Mamdani reversed Mayor Adams’ effort to remove homeless people from the streets by dismantling homeless encampments.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Homeless encampments soon sprang up around the site.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Typically, those areas house encampments or individuals sleeping in doorways and park benches.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026
In the absence of shelters and other arrangements, California has allowed public spaces to host homeless encampments.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Since 2024, outreach teams have cleared 250 downtown encampments and shifted focus to permanent housing to try to reduce strain on the county jail and hospitals.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encampments
Noun
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Parts of the North Rim opened back up last fall, including a few eastern viewpoints and campgrounds.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Consider looking outside the park at private campgrounds nearby like Stillwell Store, just eight miles from the northern entrance of Big Bend.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ofland originally featured only tiny cabins, vintage Airstreams, and campsites with communal luxury bathhouses.—
Jenny Willden,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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Camping Regulations All campsites share the same basic regulations.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Since then, scientists have been in two camps, championing conflicting theories on the thickness of Europa's ice shell.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Violence has become commonplace inside makeshift displacement camps, where shacks lack doors and lighting and security are rare.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Encampments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encampments. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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