Thesaurus results for ENCAMPMENT

encampment

noun

in-ˈkamp-mənt

as in campground

a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree

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Recent Examples of encampment Last spring, police officers arrested thousands and students and faculty after colleges called them to clear pro-Palestinian tent encampments that had popped up on campuses across the country. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 City officials have estimated that 88% of waterway pollution comes from homeless encampments along creeks and streams. —

Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025 Yogi Sahu, a nearby resident who had pleaded with the city to address the Chynoweth encampment, noted that two RVs and campers that were among the biggest nuisances merely moved around the corner to spots near Hayes Mansion and on Birch Grove Drive. —

Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025 Attorneys from three firms representing residents who have separately sued Southern California Edison dismissed the notion that the encampment might have had anything to do with the fire’s start. —

Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for encampment

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Noun

In celebration of the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend, hikers will follow along the main trail, the old campground and the creekside trail for about 2 to 3 miles at an easy pace to count birds.

— Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
The mother sun bear and cub appeared at the edge of an empty campground in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said in a Jan. 17 Facebook post.

— Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025