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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The public health advisor and DCR field staff assess the risk encampments pose to the public and the environment after receiving a report of the sites.
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The original tented encampment has long since turned into a permanent neighborhood of cinderblock houses, with children running through the narrow, muddy streets beneath a tangle of electrical wires overhead.
—Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
When Israel declared war on Hamas after the group’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023, college students across the country protested by setting up encampments and holding walkouts and protests.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
In interviews with this news organization, several people who live or operate businesses nearby didn’t see the neighborhood as unsafe, even with a nearby encampment for unhoused people.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The original tented encampment has long since turned into a permanent neighborhood of cinderblock houses, with children running through the narrow, muddy streets beneath a tangle of electrical wires overhead.
—Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
When Israel declared war on Hamas after the group’s attack on Oct. 7, 2023, college students across the country protested by setting up encampments and holding walkouts and protests.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
In interviews with this news organization, several people who live or operate businesses nearby didn’t see the neighborhood as unsafe, even with a nearby encampment for unhoused people.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for encampment
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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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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