camp (out)

as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors rather than stay in motels, my family usually camps out when we're on vacation

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Verb
  • Holiday Gift Market: Hosted in the heated and tented Bang Bang Bay Chalet.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Even the West Indian drywood termite, the one that prompts tenting, is technically invasive.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
Verb
  • Mahan said that homeless residents who had encamped around the surrounding areas would receive priority access to the tiny home community.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • It's believed that everyone else died while encamped for the winter or while attempting to walk back to civilization.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2024
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  • In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise).
    Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
  • Still, the protesters slept out in the open after police took their tents, despite temperatures in the low 30s.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Camp (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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