tentage

noun

Definition of tentagenext
as in canvass

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  1. canvass
  2. canvas
  3. encampment
  4. bivouac
  5. campsite
  6. camp
Noun
  • The lawsuit said the canvass of the absentee ballots should be completed first, and that had not happened as of Wednesday.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The nature of California’s new system of largely vote-by-mail ballots, and a 30-day canvass period in which election officials can resolve problem ballots, certify results, and conduct an audit, prolongs the release of official final results.
    Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of canvass
Noun
  • Like modern stadiums, the Colosseum had a retractable roof In an extraordinary feat of engineering, Romans created a vast retractable canvas awning to shield spectators from the relentless Italian sun.
    Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Avs captain Gabe Landeskog took part in the ceremony, gifting Johnson a commemorative canvas print and a trip to Napa Valley.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of canvas
Noun
  • Leaders don’t yet have a breakdown for where every one of the encampment’s 96 residents went.
    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
Definition of encampment
Noun
  • The decision to conduct an initial survey and then, later, bivouac inland had been made by someone higher up.
    Jeff VanderMeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Images of parrots and bivouacs, acid-green leaves and misty forests filled my head.
    Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 5 May 2024
Definition of bivouac
Noun
  • This week’s flash floods are also Spain’s deadliest natural tragedy in living memory, surpassing the flood that swept away a campsite along the Gallego River in Biescas, in the northwest, killing 87 people in August 1996.
    Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The sheriff's office previously said an ax, a Yeti cooler, a shotgun and a revolver were missing from the campsite.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of campsite
Noun
  • Humor — both black and camp — is the key here, unlike the often-leaden film which relied on special effects rather than a sharp script and knowing comic direction for its wow factor.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, and it was used to place noncitizens from Japan, Germany and Italy in internment camps.
    Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of camp
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