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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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Vets and emergency options while traveling In case of medical emergencies, there are a few 24-hour veterinary centers near Disney World parks.Annemarie Dooling, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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By comparison, Grand Canyon National Park, about a three-hour drive away and outside the Navajo Nation, last year welcomed roughly 4.7 million visitors, who spent $768 million in communities near the park, supporting about 10,100 local jobs.Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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The hotels are inimitable one-offs, standout properties with a certain coolness to them that turned Edition into perhaps the trendiest brand in the Marriott portfolio.Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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And tossing in a bit of milk might also be a smart way to further boost the beverage's health-augmenting effects, as a 2023 study showed that doing so might enhance its anti-inflammatory properties.Michael Franco, New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2025
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Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty was the star of the show, racking up 209 rushing yards and a touchdown to cap off a phenomenal season.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Barkley, with 2,005 rushing yards this year, is 100 shy of Eric Dickerson's record for the most rushing yards in a single season.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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There were discussions over how much land to designate, as developers seek to build more solar and wind farms required for a green energy transition, one of the sources said.Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Several other non-Christmas cuts from the current Grammy nominee also land on the Billboard Global 200, as the world never stops listening to Grande.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Campus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campus. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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