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as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed

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as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees

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Noun
  • While Travis Decker was nowhere to be found, investigators traced his cell phone, which revealed that visited the same campground the day before the kidnapping, the court papers show.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 June 2025
  • Bears are known to frequent this campground, so plan accordingly.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • But low-tech surprise attacks like the one Ukraine launched against Russia this week – using inexpensive drones hidden in modest wooden huts with retractable roofs – have complicated the debate.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
  • The hotel is a collaboration between hoteliers Amelie and Dominik Posch, Christina and Martin Spielmann, and South Tyrolean architect Martin Gruber, who decided to renovate a 1936 Alpine hut and transform it into a refuge for the soul and mind.
    Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
  • Happily, authorities determined them to be alive and well, and they were helped back to their campsite by a forest ranger.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Carnal, with care – Jis shook the bedrock of the cordial, conservative Guadalajara community with filth, camp and candor.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • The Packers and Alexander’s camp discussed restructuring a contract that would have paid him $17.5 million this season.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Guests stay at Parkfield Lodge, 2.5 miles from V6, where accommodations consist of a converted water tower, post office, individual lodge rooms, and a cowboy cabin that can accommodate up to four people.
    Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 5 June 2025
  • The spacious, luminous cabin measures 800 cubic feet with a 6-foot-5-inch ceiling, comfortably accommodating four or more passengers in a luxurious, flexible layout.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The Mark Clam Bar is a beachside seafood shack melding American summer classics with sophisticated uptown dining.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Cottage Row Historic District Nags Head There’s something extra romantic about a seaside shack that’s stood the test of time.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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