off campus

idiom

: in housing not provided by a school
She prefers living off campus.

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According to the Tennessean newspaper, the university sent a text alert to students at 5:30 p.m. local time warning that there was an active shooter off campus. Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024 And on Friday, a group of six to eight men assaulted another Jewish student off campus at the University of Pittsburgh while using antisemitic slurs. Simone Weichselbaum, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024 The off-campus housing market can be brutal To some extent, the college housing market reflects the broader housing market off campus, and that market can be brutal. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024 Thursday’s discussion focused almost exclusively on programs related to counseling, as opposed to policing efforts or measures taken to deal with threats to a school from off campus. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for off campus 

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“Off campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20campus. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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