tent city
noun
plural tent cities
: a collection of many tents set up in an area to provide usually temporary shelter (as for people who don't have a permanent place of residence)
Tent cities of displaced homeowners have sprung up …—
Matt Woolsey
Matt WoolseyAnti-sweatshop protesters at FSU pitched a tent city last March to demand that the school join the Workers Rights Consortium …—Meline Toumani et al.
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Columbia became the epicenter for pro-Palestinian protests last spring when a pro-Palestinian encampment launched a wave of copycat tent cities across American college campuses.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Last year, city workers fenced off another old tent city site by the Dan Ryan Expressway.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Divided into 25 sections and spreading over 15 square miles, the tent city also has housing, roads, electricity and water, communication towers and 11 hospitals.
—Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
Authorities have built a gigantic tent city on the banks of the rivers to accommodate the millions of pilgrims and tourists attending the festival -- equipped with 3,000 kitchens, 150,000 toilets, roads, electricity, water, communication towers and 11 hospitals, according to the Associated Press.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Last year, city workers fenced off another old tent city site by the Dan Ryan Expressway.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Divided into 25 sections and spreading over 15 square miles, the tent city also has housing, roads, electricity and water, communication towers and 11 hospitals.
—Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
Authorities have built a gigantic tent city on the banks of the rivers to accommodate the millions of pilgrims and tourists attending the festival -- equipped with 3,000 kitchens, 150,000 toilets, roads, electricity, water, communication towers and 11 hospitals, according to the Associated Press.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Tent city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tent%20city. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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