encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt 
en-
Examples of encampment in a Sentence
a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree
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The Interior Department began clearing homeless encampments and removing graffiti from federal property.
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Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
3 July 2026
Kil was fired in 2024 after participating in demonstrations related to the war in Gaza, including protests over a guest lecture and a campus encampment.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The city cleared the encampment at one East Village corner 107 times in a single year.
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David Lee Condrey,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
3 July 2026
Kil was fired in 2024 after participating in demonstrations related to the war in Gaza, including protests over a guest lecture and a campus encampment.
—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The city cleared the encampment at one East Village corner 107 times in a single year.
—
David Lee Condrey,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.
—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for encampment
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“Encampment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encampment. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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encampment
noun
en·camp·ment
in-ˈkamp-mənt
1
: the act of encamping : the state of being encamped
2
: the site of a camp
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