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Recent Examples of happy camper
The Everglades have not always been a national treasure, a place of family adventures and happy campers.
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
That was when Jimmy Butler was still a happy camper in South Florida.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the biggest danger in the band coming back was whether touring these old songs by Bennington (on top of Shinoda’s contributions, obviously) would feel like Clinical Depression Cosplay… happy campers at play replicating some of the most relentlessly despondent songs ever committed to record.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
Some camps run their sign-ups in relative secrecy, choosing not to advertise and relying on parents of happy campers to spread the word.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
That was when Jimmy Butler was still a happy camper in South Florida.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the biggest danger in the band coming back was whether touring these old songs by Bennington (on top of Shinoda’s contributions, obviously) would feel like Clinical Depression Cosplay… happy campers at play replicating some of the most relentlessly despondent songs ever committed to record.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
Some camps run their sign-ups in relative secrecy, choosing not to advertise and relying on parents of happy campers to spread the word.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happy camper
optimist
Noun
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Artificial intelligence—a productivity-maximizing tool to some and an untamable threat to others—has asked similar questions of the social contract in the 21st century, and the optimists appear to be winning the day.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Mayor Michelle Wu is nothing if not an optimist.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Happy camper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happy%20camper. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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