encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt 
en-
Examples of encampment in a Sentence
a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree
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Last spring, pro-Palestinian tent encampments crowded schools and disrupted commencement plans, drawing accusations of antisemitism and prompting new limits.
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Annie Ma, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Then, in late September, flames from an encampment fire leaped into the church parking lot and destroyed the vehicles of four of his parishioners.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Grosso, 19, of Michigan, was arrested once at a tent encampment protest on Columbia University's campus, and again outside Hamilton Hall, which student protesters took over before a massive NYPD operation cleared them out.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Along with other Chicago-area universities, U. of C. revised its protest guidelines this year, barring overnight encampments but allowing for spontaneous and unregistered demonstrations without new time or place restrictions.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Annie Ma, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Then, in late September, flames from an encampment fire leaped into the church parking lot and destroyed the vehicles of four of his parishioners.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Grosso, 19, of Michigan, was arrested once at a tent encampment protest on Columbia University's campus, and again outside Hamilton Hall, which student protesters took over before a massive NYPD operation cleared them out.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Along with other Chicago-area universities, U. of C. revised its protest guidelines this year, barring overnight encampments but allowing for spontaneous and unregistered demonstrations without new time or place restrictions.
—Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 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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