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as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed
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Noun
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The riverbanks and hills of Kerr County are filled with vacation cabins, youth camps and campgrounds, including Camp Mystic, the century-old, all-girls Christian summer camp.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025 -
Many more accommodations lie outside park boundaries, including resorts, motels, bed-and-breakfasts, cabins, and campgrounds.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
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In the summer, check out spike ball, croquet, a giant tumble tower and yoga mats from the activity hut.—
Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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Painting, like the thatching of huts, was deemed women’s work, completed after the end of the summer rains, when the harvest was in the granaries.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Chelan County Sheriff's Office found the sister's bodies at a campsite near Leavenworth, Washington in the midafternoon of June 2.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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All sites come with picnic tables, fire rings and tent pads, and pets are allowed at all campsites.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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The camp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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Saunders says those come from a lack of understanding of the reasoning behind the camp.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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Around the same time, video obtained by CNN shows a cabin at the boys Camp La Junta floating away in the floodwaters.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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Fundy Trail Provincial Park dark-sky preserve: There are plans to add an RV park and cabins to the campground at this 6,323-acre (2,559 hectares) park with a scenic drive along the Bay of Fundy coast, hiking and biking trails, coastal lookouts, beaches and waterfalls.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
12 July 2025
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Given Freudenberger’s expertise transforming everything from ski chalets to surf shacks, the project felt destined to be.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
7 July 2025
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Lucky Lou’s Raw Bar 123 NE 20th Ave., Deerfield Beach Sometime later this summer, the former Bru’s Room near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier will turn into a casual oyster bar and sporty seafood shack.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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