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a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
To help set the film apart from other Holocaust dramas, Geller took the Son of Saul and Zone of Interest approach by leaving much of the concentration camp atrocities to the imagination of the viewer.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Now, the President has shared the thumbnail for a piece which included an image of the Pink Triangle, a symbol directly tied to concentration camps.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007, that captured the daily lives of Auschwitz concentration camp workers.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
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Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Now, the President has shared the thumbnail for a piece which included an image of the Pink Triangle, a symbol directly tied to concentration camps.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007, that captured the daily lives of Auschwitz concentration camp workers.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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In anticipation of these cuts, BOP Director Colette Peters has already closed FCI Dublin and six male prison camps, signaling the likelihood of further closures and consolidations.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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The View From The Ground: A Federal Prison Crisis Federal prison camps are often portrayed as the safest and easiest to manage within theFederal Bureau of Prisons.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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For a decade beginning in 1966, authorities shuttered schools and universities, sent intellectuals to labor camps, and effectively suspended scientific research.—
Jonathan Gruber,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Sep. 2019
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Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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Right-hander Brad Keller has also made the team in the bullpen following a strong spring.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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Long impressed in spring camp and carved out a significant role in the bullpen.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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