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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Meanwhile, Jefferson Parish council members passed a new law yesterday banning encampments.
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Louisiana authorities are clearing homeless encampments around the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of next month’s Super Bowl.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Best of The Bee: Newsom budget plan fully funds Pre-K, maintains money to clear homeless encampments, via Lia Russell and Nicole Nixon.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
Long Beach as a milieu is defined by its lack of definition — the city is beaches and suburban avenues and mansions and homeless encampments, all populated by citizens who are always pissed at the cops for either doing too much or not doing enough.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Louisiana authorities are clearing homeless encampments around the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of next month’s Super Bowl.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Best of The Bee: Newsom budget plan fully funds Pre-K, maintains money to clear homeless encampments, via Lia Russell and Nicole Nixon.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
Long Beach as a milieu is defined by its lack of definition — the city is beaches and suburban avenues and mansions and homeless encampments, all populated by citizens who are always pissed at the cops for either doing too much or not doing enough.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 20 Jan. 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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