as in to sleep out
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Recent Examples of tent
Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Mexican officials waited in tents to help process the scores of deportees who now arrive daily on deportation flights from the United States to this city in the southern tip of Mexico.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Residential burglary: Between July 25 and 27, someone entered a residence that was tented for fumigation in the 18000 block of Baylor Avenue by cutting the tent and then entering through an open window.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Survivors say they were violated in sanctuaries, at pastors’ homes and in tents on camping trips.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Mexican officials waited in tents to help process the scores of deportees who now arrive daily on deportation flights from the United States to this city in the southern tip of Mexico.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Flip the chicken and cook for 4 to 8 minutes more, until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F.
Remove the basket from the air fryer, tent the chicken with foil, and let stand for 5 minutes.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Residential burglary: Between July 25 and 27, someone entered a residence that was tented for fumigation in the 18000 block of Baylor Avenue by cutting the tent and then entering through an open window.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tent
Noun
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The suspects, who were seen on surveillance cameras wearing face coverings, climbed over a chain-link fence and entered a construction zone, then climbed scaffolding to access the building's roof, the complaint said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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About 10 minutes later, they were allegedly seen climbing over a chain-link fence into a construction area surrounding the Goldenson Building, and, minutes later, scaling scaffolding beside the structure to access the roof.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Anyway, lack of food and sleep out in the elements can do that to a player.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Royals’ offense showed signs of wiping the sleep out of its eyes after scoring a single run while being swept in a three-game series by the Rays earlier in the week.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The motions of the stars also exhibited a similar 24 hour period, as though the heavenly canopy rotated throughout the night.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
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Engineers at Ames inflate these enormous canopies inside the wind tunnel under simulated flight conditions, observing how the materials stretch, oscillate, and deploy.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Caribs encamped on the summit of a steep cliff surrounded by high precipices, which could only be climbed by a narrow secret pathway.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mahan said that homeless residents who had encamped around the surrounding areas would receive priority access to the tiny home community.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Tent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tent. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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