How to Use campus in a Sentence

campus

noun
  • We walked around the campus on our first day.
  • Rallies were held on college campuses across the country.
  • Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day.
  • Across the street from the campus, a group of people wait for the Valley Metro bus.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
  • The three stabbings are within 5 miles of the UC Davis campus.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
  • The advanced care center at the campus could open as soon as next spring.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The work could mean 1,000 new jobs at the Airbus campus in the Brookley Aeroplex.
    al, 6 Dec. 2022
  • By the time the team arrived back to campus after its first two games, the school was already changed.
    Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Sleeping rough on the hard ground can make for a long night, but a campus mattress can change this.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 June 2024
  • Cost is $99 for up to six courses on a single campus, or $30 per course.
    cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The school district is on spring break and no students or staff will be on campus during the drills.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Just received a call from BPD about a shooting at the Morgan campus.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Law enforcement will be on campus for the rest of the week as a precaution, Doyle added.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • New bond funds would fund a broad range of projects on district campuses.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
  • The image below shows the campus from space on Tuesday.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That’s also been a huge factor in how reporting plays out among the cadets on the campus.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Wu said the city is also in talks with the governor and the MBTA about building a stop on the commuter rail line near the campus.
    Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Spainhour's statement did not identify the type of weapon found on campus.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The show starts a six-day run on the Butler University campus on Dec. 17.
    Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
  • On the edge of the forest, deep inside the campus of the Middleburg, Va., boarding school, students walked through iron gates.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • One building on its campus survived — a brand-new preschool.
    Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Biden, peaking on the same day as Harris. Israel, which reached a high in April during a wave of campus protests.
    Noah Bressner, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But the rules advise schools to carry them out during a time when students are not on campus.
    Renuka Rayasam, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • JT Daniels, the Georgia transfer who didn't get on campus until after spring drills, won the job in fall camp.
    Stephen Hawkins, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Nice campus, good quality of life, minutes from the beach.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Once the painting was back on campus, it was considered evidence and had to be cleared by the FBI, a process that took more than a year.
    Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Michael Lee-Chang, a second-year student at Sacramento State, said the campus looked like a ghost town.
    Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Throughout the week, the UW-Whitewater campus hosted a vigil, and a flag was flown at half-staff on the first day of classes.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The graceful demeanor of the large white waterbirds has provided tranquility to students, faculty, and visitors alike, and the loss of Zeus signifies the passing of a campus icon.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Ohio State is among dozens of colleges and universities being investigated by the Trump administration for alleged antisemitism tied to campus protests.
    Andrew King, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025

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