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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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as in huts
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
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The park has three campgrounds with sites for RV and tent camping, as well as cabins for rent.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Yet users find forest maps deficient, trail signs dilapidated, campgrounds closed and information scarce.—
Evan Mills,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On Tuesday, those guides led the group out of the huts with urgency.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Most ski-touring lodges are no-frills huts that cater to hardy mountaineers who’d balk at the idea of taking a gondola or a lift.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Three Idaho campsites made it into the guides, along with an Oregon site that looks over the Snake River into Idaho.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Mar. 2026
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Visitors can stay in the park at backcountry campsites, campgrounds with tent and RV sites, or The Lodge at Mammoth Cave, which offers classic rooms and historic cabins.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet this was a shared experience, somehow, not two camps pitted against each other.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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These were dry-out addiction treatment camps, where Krebs was responsible for keeping clients alive and sober while teaching them to be tenacious.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2026
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The complaints range from rodent issues to blocked driveways to squatting and the discovery of homeless encampments inside the building.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her arrest came less than a week after Khalil, a 31-year-old graduate student at Columbia University who had acted as a spokesperson for the university’s encampments, was detained by federal agents at his Morningside Heights student apartment on March 8, 2025.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Stroll through its 52-block historic district dotted with Victorian mansions, legendary seafood shacks, and an arts scene that far exceeds expectations for a small town.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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Once our fishing guide, Scott Allen, pulled up, the three of us climbed into his ATV to head to one of his six shacks on the frozen inlet.—
Robert Annis,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
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Today, campers can stay in tents, RVs or cabins right along the north riverbank and visit the on-site Oregon Trail History and Education Center.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Mar. 2026
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The owners have a few rental cabins, too, for people who want to fish in Lake Washington, an oxbow of the Mississippi River.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Hutments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutments. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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