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Recent Examples of campo Since 2019, Javier Farfan has been the quarterback — or, el mariscal de campo — overseeing a massive push to highlight the league-wide spectrum of Latinidad. Alan Chazaro, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024 Some readers may note that three of the Marte daughters were born in the 1950s during the 30-year dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, yet there is no specific reference to his tyranny, his notorious preying on campo girls or the measures families took to protect them. Patricia Engel, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023 The campo, which forms part of the 150,000-hectare Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, is best accessed via cable car. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2023 The German synagogue was constructed by a group of Ashkenazi Jews with five large windows that overlook the ghetto’s central square, or campo. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Vasquez is the youngest artist in the show, and his paintings show the joy of lively gatherings in the campo (meaning rural areas or the countryside in Spanish-speaking countries and within the Latinx diaspora). CNN, 31 Aug. 2021 Like many Puerto Ricans born in the campo (boondocks) or born before the 1950s, birth dates and timelines are a blurred suggestion. Illyanna Maisonet, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2018 The Cordillera Blanca, a snowy mountain range in northern Peru, has the ayudantes de campo, or field helpers, in Spanish. Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018 Also involved have been the groups representing descendants and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, which runs the hospital built atop a 19th-century campo santo. Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campo
Noun
  • The acquisition expands the Lakewood Forest Preserve, the largest in the county with more than 2,900 acres of trails, woodlands, prairies, wetlands and lakes according to a county press release.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In revealing how the prairie was consumed by colonization and agricultural practices time has proven detrimental, Smarsh’s piece is equal parts fascinating history and ecology lesson.
    Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Their lives intertwine with the steppe in ways that are deeply human.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Their weapon, the Sarmat, is named for centuries-old nomads who traversed the steppe on horse.
    Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • An ambitious land reclamation project started in the the late 19th century was completed in 1943, the result of which is a large plain of very fertile farm land.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Windy conditions are expected to contribute to fire danger across the urban corridor and plains through the weekend, forecasters said.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
Noun
  • Its lush grasslands and graphics are beautiful to look at, but feudal Japan’s landscapes can appear homogeneous.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • In the plains of northern Kazakhstan, swampy forests meet grasslands as rivers cut through the landscape.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Campo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campo. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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