as in campgrounds
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 encampments
Lawmakers and students who testified at the hearing also focused on pro-Palestine encampments at the University of Wisconsin campuses in spring 2024.
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
As a result, violent crime has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s, tent encampments are at record lows, and for the first time in years, San Franciscans believe our city is moving in the right direction.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Homeless encampments with open flames in canyons are ignored, despite posing a massive fire risk.
—Cole Marting, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
In Oakland, California, one of the longest-standing and most well-known encampments was at Union Point Park.
—NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Now, the over 50 residents of the encampments face an uncertain future, and the closure could have ripple effects in a city with arguably one of the worst homelessness problems in the Bay Area.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Trump ultimately activated the National Guard and federal agents later in August to deter crime, clear homeless encampments, and remove trash in public areas.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
Starting in 2016, to help respond to spikes in immigrant crossings that had periodically overwhelmed border stations, Deployed began setting up tent encampments to ease the overcrowding.
—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
As a result, violent crime has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s, tent encampments are at record lows, and for the first time in years, San Franciscans believe our city is moving in the right direction.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Homeless encampments with open flames in canyons are ignored, despite posing a massive fire risk.
—Cole Marting, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
In Oakland, California, one of the longest-standing and most well-known encampments was at Union Point Park.
—NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Now, the over 50 residents of the encampments face an uncertain future, and the closure could have ripple effects in a city with arguably one of the worst homelessness problems in the Bay Area.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Trump ultimately activated the National Guard and federal agents later in August to deter crime, clear homeless encampments, and remove trash in public areas.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
Starting in 2016, to help respond to spikes in immigrant crossings that had periodically overwhelmed border stations, Deployed began setting up tent encampments to ease the overcrowding.
—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encampments
Noun
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Its 80,000 residents welcome travelers with arms wide open and the area has all the things RV travelers need for a successful trip—from wide roads and easy parking to good food and welcoming campgrounds.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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Many of the trails run near rivers, inland lakes and campgrounds.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Several of the city’s small homeless campsites were broken down, leading some of the homeless to enter shelters temporarily.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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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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Our analysis tells us that this blend of rebuilding, new development and camps built for their future purpose as suburbs can work.—
Shelly Culbertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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For starters, Laney-Hamilton saw many players on Saturday who have grown from previous camps – both physically and in terms of their games.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Encampments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encampments. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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