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
Cities simply won’t see progress on dealing with the crisis on the streets with big Low Income Housing Tax Credit which require substantial rent payments and screening and are very expensive to build or with sweeps of encampments which just move people around public spaces.
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Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The policy changes came amid pro-Palestinian encampments that sprung up on college campuses nationwide, including in Wisconsin, protesting the Israel-Hamas war.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Homeless encampments raise legitimate public concerns about health and safety, including the welfare of people living in the camps.
—Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Ironically, Grants Pass has not been able to clear its homeless encampments because of a law Oregon enacted in 2021.
—Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
That means universities are allowed to ban demonstrations and encampments that are not pre-approved by the school or continue late into the night.
—Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Roger Valdez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The policy changes came amid pro-Palestinian encampments that sprung up on college campuses nationwide, including in Wisconsin, protesting the Israel-Hamas war.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
Homeless encampments raise legitimate public concerns about health and safety, including the welfare of people living in the camps.
—Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
Ironically, Grants Pass has not been able to clear its homeless encampments because of a law Oregon enacted in 2021.
—Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
That means universities are allowed to ban demonstrations and encampments that are not pre-approved by the school or continue late into the night.
—Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Encampments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encampments. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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