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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
Datebook Picks Heller’s recollection of concentration camp life is fascinating.
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Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
Disputes over Israel recently erupted at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, as both Israel’s critics and its defenders claim the Holocaust for their terrain.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Stop the warehouse conversions to concentration camps.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
In 1933, Germany's Nazi government established its first concentration camp in the town of Dachau, ostensibly for political prisoners; Dachau held more than 200,000 prisoners and more than 40,000 died there before American forces liberated the camp in April 1945.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
Disputes over Israel recently erupted at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial, as both Israel’s critics and its defenders claim the Holocaust for their terrain.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Stop the warehouse conversions to concentration camps.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
In 1933, Germany's Nazi government established its first concentration camp in the town of Dachau, ostensibly for political prisoners; Dachau held more than 200,000 prisoners and more than 40,000 died there before American forces liberated the camp in April 1945.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
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But some of the women who served time in Bryan remain skeptical that the prison camp has been transformed.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bale was 12 when Steven Spielberg cast him in the incredibly challenging role of Jim, the son of a wealthy British family who gets separated during World War II and ends up in a Japanese prison camp.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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And Nazi officials had promised Auschwitz’s Buna work camp thousands of skilled Jewish laborers – a quota that was not met because of the Rosenstrasse Jews’ release.—
Danielle Wirsansky,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Half Moon Bay, a San Mateo County coastal city of just over 11,000 residents, gained national attention in 2023 when a mass shooting at a farm labor camp exposed the squalid living conditions of farmworkers in the area.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
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In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Sox bullpen let a one-run lead get away in the ninth inning.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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But, at the moment, the most important needs for the Rangers are working deGrom back into the rotation and preserving fresh arms in the bullpen.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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