encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt 
en-
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a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree
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Leaders don’t yet have a breakdown for where every one of the encampment’s 96 residents went.
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Chicago police officers cleared an anti-Israel encampment from the university's quad on May 16 after more than two weeks of protests led to the closure of all green spaces.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Homeless adults might live in encampments, like at the park-and-ride-lots or near resources like Guest House of Milwaukee.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
Detractors painted the election as a referendum on Breed’s efforts to address sprawling homeless encampments, rampant property crime and a flagging post-pandemic economy that cut at voters’ sense of a safe, well-functioning city.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Chicago police officers cleared an anti-Israel encampment from the university's quad on May 16 after more than two weeks of protests led to the closure of all green spaces.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Homeless adults might live in encampments, like at the park-and-ride-lots or near resources like Guest House of Milwaukee.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
Detractors painted the election as a referendum on Breed’s efforts to address sprawling homeless encampments, rampant property crime and a flagging post-pandemic economy that cut at voters’ sense of a safe, well-functioning city.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt
1
: the act of encamping : the state of being encamped
2
: the site of a camp
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