as in park
the area and buildings around a university, college, school, etc.
Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day. Rallies were held on university campuses across the country. We walked around the campus on our first day.
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Recent Examples of campus
Evacuation orders were reduced to warnings Saturday for some neighborhoods south of the Eaton Fire, as well as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory campus in La Cañada Flintridge.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
President Joe Biden just signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act, requiring colleges to report on the number of fraternity and sorority hazing incidents on their campuses every year.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
From the Heat’s practices back on his college campus at UCLA to his high school retiring his number on the day between the games against the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, there was the opportunity for the best of times.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
The school at which the beating took place has been described in state media reports as having students who lived on campus.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
President Joe Biden just signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act, requiring colleges to report on the number of fraternity and sorority hazing incidents on their campuses every year.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
From the Heat’s practices back on his college campus at UCLA to his high school retiring his number on the day between the games against the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, there was the opportunity for the best of times.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
The school at which the beating took place has been described in state media reports as having students who lived on campus.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campus
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The park where my husband and I once held hands and smelled the eucalyptus, and, in a place that is now just a memory, were young.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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As a performance brand, Porsche gets it and nails it out of the park.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, as institutional players co-opt its narrative, its fundamental properties are threatened.—
Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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In 1974, Congress agreed to refurbish the house on the property of the Naval Observatory as a home for the sitting vice president.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Garden Fair: The Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club’s Garden Fair will feature vendors selling plants, shrubs, roses, orchids, birdhouses, decorative garden and yard art.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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After a year of throwing for over 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns, and an estimate of nine teams needing a quarterback this offseason, Darnold is going to get another opportunity to start for a franchise in 2025.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Sited amid a sloping parcel spanning an acre of land, the low-slung abode offers roughly 2,400 square feet of single-level living space with just two bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate from their homes and vast amounts of land have been destroyed.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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