often attributive
1
: the grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school
2
: a university, college, or school viewed as an academic, social, or spiritual entity
3
: grounds that resemble a campus
a hospital campus
a landscaped corporate campus
Examples of campus in a Sentence
Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day.
Rallies were held on college campuses across the country.
We walked around the campus on our first day.
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Many universities, like Sacramento State, are open campuses and subject to federal funding.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025
Caesars had a historic yet controversial partnership with the Tigers’ athletic department at the time (which called for sports betting advertising across campus).
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT.
—Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
California State University on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be among the largest and most ambitious efforts in higher education to champion artificial intelligence with an initiative to provide tools and training in the groundbreaking technology across the system’s 23 campuses.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025
Caesars had a historic yet controversial partnership with the Tigers’ athletic department at the time (which called for sports betting advertising across campus).
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2025
By the time the attack began, many students had left the campus after taking a national exam on Tuesday, Lena Warenmark, a teacher, told Swedish public broadcaster SVT.
—Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
California State University on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be among the largest and most ambitious efforts in higher education to champion artificial intelligence with an initiative to provide tools and training in the groundbreaking technology across the system’s 23 campuses.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campus. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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