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a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
The federal government imprisoned Hibi and Okubo in concentration camps, first in California and then in Utah; Hayakawa relocated to New Mexico.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Almond and his collaborators, including this season's artist-in-residence, cellist Alexander Hersh, will performs works by Erwin Schulhoff and Viktor Ullmann, who both died in concentration camps.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
But the concentration camp inmates couldn’t digest the food, and hundreds of them actually died from refeeding syndrome.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
This particular photo was taken looking outward through a wooden window at the Heart Mountain concentration camp near Cody, Wyoming, where thousands of Japanese people were held during World War II.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Almond and his collaborators, including this season's artist-in-residence, cellist Alexander Hersh, will performs works by Erwin Schulhoff and Viktor Ullmann, who both died in concentration camps.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
But the concentration camp inmates couldn’t digest the food, and hundreds of them actually died from refeeding syndrome.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
This particular photo was taken looking outward through a wooden window at the Heart Mountain concentration camp near Cody, Wyoming, where thousands of Japanese people were held during World War II.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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Todd Chrisley was being released from a minimum-security federal prison camp in Pensacola, FL, Julie Chrisley was being released from the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, KY, and the rest of the family lives near Nashville.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
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Soon after giving the interviews in late July, she was transferred to a cushier, minimum-security prison camp in Texas.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Every day, the MLA team crisscrosses west Michigan in search of labor camps.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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As a teenager, Wiesel was sent with his father, Shlomo, to the Buna Werke labor camp in the Auschwitz complex.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Aug. 2025
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However, the bullpen failed to maintain the lead as the offense fell flat.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Depth is needed for the Cubs' pitching staff, and Buehler could certainly help as a swing man, working between the bullpen and starting rotation.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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