stalags

noun

plural of stalag
as in concentration camps

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  1. concentration camps
  2. big houses
Noun
  • By 1941, Thyssen tried to flee from the Nazis, but was caught and sent to the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In the 1930s, the Nazi government used a variety of forms of public data including tax returns and census records to help identify Jews who would be rounded up and sent to concentration camps where millions were killed.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of concentration camps
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  • Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    — Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of big houses
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“Stalags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalags. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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