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.
Meline Toumani et al.Examples of tent city in a Sentence
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The Trump administration has rapidly built a tent city on base with more than 60 soft-sided structures, seen in photos distributed by the Department of Homeland Security.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Ramirez has been at hotel since the city last month shut down tent city and started efforts to level and clear the site.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Ramirez has been at hotel since the city last month shut down tent city and started efforts to level and clear the site.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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“Tent city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tent%20city. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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