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hutments

noun

plural of hutment

as in campgrounds

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed

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a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees

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Noun

While some roads, lodges, and campgrounds will be closed in winter, other areas like Hurricane Ridge are open for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
Persons recreating outdoors, or in campgrounds, should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026

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Everywhere, in big cities and small towns, there’s an increase in the adultification of children, even the well-off ones, even the ones raised by gentle parents, even the ones with skate and surf camps, guitar lessons, and college funds.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Her work has taken her around the world reviewing top hotels and writing travel guides, from luxury safari camps in Botswana to Palaces de France across Saint-Tropez.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026

Definition of camps

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The Interior Department began clearing homeless encampments and removing graffiti from federal property.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of encampments

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By 1975, Pierce had 20 shacks around Chicago, franchised to family or friends.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Beginning near Trenton and winding across Mount Desert Island, the route takes travelers from waterfront lobster shacks and the shops of Bar Harbor to the granite peaks, carriage roads, and rugged coastline that the park is known for.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026

Definition of shacks

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The Viking Mississippi by contrast has 193 cabins for a maximum of 386 passengers.

— Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
The high-end camping company offers Airstream suites, polished cabins, fire pits, design-forward amenities and access to iconic outdoor destinations.

— Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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