as in campsite
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
at last the weary vacationers pulled into a campground for the night
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Recent Examples of campground
This affords a change in location for every trip and a refined, consistent aesthetic, whether there’s a bathhouse at the campgrounds or a tent over a hole in the ground for when nature calls.
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Rae Witte, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025
There will be campground trick-or-treating, a scavenger hunt and a campsite decorating contest.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s more than most campers spend on their entire car camping setup or several nights at a glamping campground with all the creature comforts included.
—Erica Zazo, Outside, 14 Oct. 2025
Videos and images circulating on social media show BASE jumpers leaping from El Capitan, unauthorized campers occupying closed campgrounds, and climbers scaling Half Dome’s cables without permits — all in violation of park regulations.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Rae Witte, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025
There will be campground trick-or-treating, a scavenger hunt and a campsite decorating contest.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
That’s more than most campers spend on their entire car camping setup or several nights at a glamping campground with all the creature comforts included.
—Erica Zazo, Outside, 14 Oct. 2025
Videos and images circulating on social media show BASE jumpers leaping from El Capitan, unauthorized campers occupying closed campgrounds, and climbers scaling Half Dome’s cables without permits — all in violation of park regulations.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campground
Noun
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Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Authorities said Thomas’ son grew concerned after not hearing from him for a couple days, noting that among the last messages the family received from Thomas were photos of a black bear in his campsite, McClatchy News previously reported.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Leeds United find themselves in the opposite camp, ranking bottom in big-chance conversion rate after converting just three of 17 such opportunities.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Our analysis of satellite imagery of Gaza shows that there are multiple open areas that were once agricultural, adjacent to cities, that would be candidates for this type of camp.—
Shelly Culbertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Campground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campground. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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