tent city
noun
plural tent cities
: a collection of many tents set up in an area to provide usually temporary shelter (as for people who don't have a permanent place of residence)
Tent cities of displaced homeowners have sprung up …—
Matt Woolsey
Matt WoolseyAnti-sweatshop protesters at FSU pitched a tent city last March to demand that the school join the Workers Rights Consortium …—Meline Toumani et al.
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Authorities have built a gigantic tent city on the banks of the rivers to accommodate the millions of pilgrims and tourists attending the festival -- equipped with 3,000 kitchens, 150,000 toilets, roads, electricity, water, communication towers and 11 hospitals, according to the Associated Press.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Deportation flights have already begun, and Mexico is setting up tent cities to hold some of those deported.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
Riz Ahmed stars as Hamlet in a retelling that moves from elite London to the city’s underground, from Hindu temples to homeless tent cities.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
To accommodate the tens of thousands of holy men, pilgrims and tourists, authorities have built a sprawling tent city on the riverbanks.
—Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Jon Haworth, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Deportation flights have already begun, and Mexico is setting up tent cities to hold some of those deported.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
Riz Ahmed stars as Hamlet in a retelling that moves from elite London to the city’s underground, from Hindu temples to homeless tent cities.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
To accommodate the tens of thousands of holy men, pilgrims and tourists, authorities have built a sprawling tent city on the riverbanks.
—Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tent city
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“Tent city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tent%20city. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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