campus

Definition of campusnext
as in park
the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc. Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day. Rallies were held on university campuses across the country. We walked around the campus on our first day.

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Recent Examples of campus The fair’s upbeat, friendly environment, along with its central campus location, resulted in a record attendance, up from 765 CSUF students last year (and 500 in 2024) to more than 1,150 this year. Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 18 May 2026 With the goal of generating additional revenue for the University of California system, a new report from the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office recommends charging out-of-state students higher tuition rates at the three most popular campuses among them. Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026 The building, now known as Pathways at Overland, is tucked on the same campus as Overland High School and Prairie Middle School. Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 18 May 2026 Netflix is currently building an $848 million studio there, and Paramount recently inked a 10-year lease with 1888 Studios’ 285,000-square-foot campus in Bayonne. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for campus
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  • The city was in court Monday to ask a judge for a temporary restraining order that would limit Brown and the park district in general from signing contracts without the larger park district board's approval.
    Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • The group had been invited to the park under the guise of getting to check out new content additions to Smugglers Run.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Crime rankings varied depending on whether analysts measured violent crime only, included property crime, or compared cities of different sizes.
    James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • We were attracted to a rural, heavily wooded part of Wesley Chapel, where deer are common and roosters crow, and to the majestic live oak trees on our new property.
    Joseph Bonasia, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
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  • But with writing feeling like less of a career option than ever, continuing to run the supply yard seemed to be my only choice.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Madrigal flicked a slick pass back to a charging Mukhtar for the finish from the right corner of the six-yard box in the 13th minute.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
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  • Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — said drone debris had fallen on its premises without causing damage.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • Well, there's not a full Pentagon press corps even present at the Pentagon these days for a news conference like that without getting special permission to be on the premises right now.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2026
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  • Partly correct on raw land use — but misleading in practice.
    James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • People see it as part of a wider pattern where affluent estate owners increasingly close off rural land, citing privacy, protection, and security concerns while gradually restricting spaces that local communities historically enjoyed.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026

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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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