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the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.
Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day. Rallies were held on university campuses across the country. We walked around the campus on our first day.
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Recent Examples of campus
Evacuation orders were reduced to warnings Saturday for some neighborhoods south of the Eaton Fire, as well as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory campus in La Cañada Flintridge.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
President Joe Biden just signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act, requiring colleges to report on the number of fraternity and sorority hazing incidents on their campuses every year.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
From the Heat’s practices back on his college campus at UCLA to his high school retiring his number on the day between the games against the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, there was the opportunity for the best of times.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
The school at which the beating took place has been described in state media reports as having students who lived on campus.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
President Joe Biden just signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act, requiring colleges to report on the number of fraternity and sorority hazing incidents on their campuses every year.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
From the Heat’s practices back on his college campus at UCLA to his high school retiring his number on the day between the games against the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, there was the opportunity for the best of times.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
The school at which the beating took place has been described in state media reports as having students who lived on campus.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campus
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By comparison, Grand Canyon National Park, about a three-hour drive away and outside the Navajo Nation, last year welcomed roughly 4.7 million visitors, who spent $768 million in communities near the park, supporting about 10,100 local jobs.Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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The motel had fallen on hard times, but in September, the state park system and partners promised to refurbish the motel rather than demolish it.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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The hotels are inimitable one-offs, standout properties with a certain coolness to them that turned Edition into perhaps the trendiest brand in the Marriott portfolio.Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Flames were still burning on the property, putting the remaining structures at risk.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Garden Fair: The Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club’s Garden Fair will feature vendors selling plants, shrubs, roses, orchids, birdhouses, decorative garden and yard art.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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After a year of throwing for over 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns, and an estimate of nine teams needing a quarterback this offseason, Darnold is going to get another opportunity to start for a franchise in 2025.Tyler Small, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Interior Department oversees a large swath of federal land and areas offshore, including regions that produce a quarter of U.S. oil.Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate from their homes and vast amounts of land have been destroyed.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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