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
Gaza City residents said the military had destroyed homes and tent encampments that had housed Palestinians displaced by nearly two years of war.
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The White House added that five missing children had been found and 50 homeless encampments had been removed, with as many as 3,200 federal employees deployed across 22 agencies.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Although the city had previously cleared Columbus Park, RVs and encampments returned and overran the public space.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
And Johnson’s chief homelessness officer, Sendy Soto, said her office will distribute cards including information about shelter and legal resources at homeless encampments Thursday.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
There are no active homeless encampments at the station, after the National Park Service cleared them in 2022 and established a no-camping zone.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Eight gang members have been arrested, including from MS-13 and Tren de Aragua; two missing children have been rescued; 115 firearms have been seized; and 49 homeless encampments have been cleared, according to the White House.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Homeless outreach groups in Milwaukee say several people from encampments in Milwaukee County are unaccounted for.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Law enforcement officials also cleared four homeless encampments, where the residents voluntarily relocated themselves with no criminal activity reported.
—Sarah Beth Guevara, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2025
Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
The White House added that five missing children had been found and 50 homeless encampments had been removed, with as many as 3,200 federal employees deployed across 22 agencies.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Although the city had previously cleared Columbus Park, RVs and encampments returned and overran the public space.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
And Johnson’s chief homelessness officer, Sendy Soto, said her office will distribute cards including information about shelter and legal resources at homeless encampments Thursday.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
There are no active homeless encampments at the station, after the National Park Service cleared them in 2022 and established a no-camping zone.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Eight gang members have been arrested, including from MS-13 and Tren de Aragua; two missing children have been rescued; 115 firearms have been seized; and 49 homeless encampments have been cleared, according to the White House.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Homeless outreach groups in Milwaukee say several people from encampments in Milwaukee County are unaccounted for.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Law enforcement officials also cleared four homeless encampments, where the residents voluntarily relocated themselves with no criminal activity reported.
—Sarah Beth Guevara, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encampments
Noun
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This includes the following recreation areas and campgrounds, House Rock Camp Site, 18 Mile Wash Camp Site, 18 Mile Ledges Camp Site, Upper North Canyon Camp Site and Lower North Canyon Camp Site.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The two-day sweep of campgrounds near Leavenworth, Washington, which involved more than 100 FBI Seattle agents alongside local law enforcement, concluded Tuesday and yielded the first major development in a nationwide hunt that has gripped the public since early summer, Fox 13 Seattle reported.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The modern campground is closed for the remainder of the 2025 season for planned updates to the electrical and septic systems and to convert 44 campsites to full-hookup.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Even if all visitors properly dispose of bodily waste following Leave No Trace standards—in a cathole six to eight inches deep and at least 200 feet from trails, campsites, and bodies of water—in areas with extremely high visitation, excrement will eventually reach a critical mass.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
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The two competing camps both made hyperbolic claims that their technology would soon deliver computers that equalled or exceeded human intelligence.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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And with a payload capacity of 100 tons, Starship should be able to carry all the equipment for one of Interlune’s mining camps in one or two shipments.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Encampments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encampments. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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