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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Five or six hundred people lived in the Chinese encampment.
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Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The most shocking aspect to Pennington was the sense of community within the homeless encampment.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The campus encampments sparked an outcry from conservatives, with the pro-Palestine protests becoming a rallying issue for GOP lawmakers, who lambasted them as purportedly antisemitic.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
The Fire Department has responded to at least three fires at the encampment this month.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
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Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
The most shocking aspect to Pennington was the sense of community within the homeless encampment.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025
The campus encampments sparked an outcry from conservatives, with the pro-Palestine protests becoming a rallying issue for GOP lawmakers, who lambasted them as purportedly antisemitic.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
The Fire Department has responded to at least three fires at the encampment this month.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 13 Mar. 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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