as in roof
a raised covering over something for decoration or protection
a huge tent was erected for the outdoor wedding reception
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Recent Examples of tent
Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Earlier on Sunday, another Israeli strike hit a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least five people including two parents and their two children, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
Christopher Grubb, an interior designer and founder of Beverly Hills’s Arch-Interiors Design Group, says the option can still work, especially when tented in an airy outdoor fabric.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
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Noun
In total, the city will be shuttering 25 migrant housing facilities by March, including a shelter at an unused hangar at Kennedy Airport, the Stratford Arms site on the Upper West Side and the Randalls Island tent camp, according to Mayor Adams’ office.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Earlier on Sunday, another Israeli strike hit a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least five people including two parents and their two children, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
Regarding the latter, the studio took over the entire Music Center plaza, elaborately tented it, and threw a party that easily rivaled, if not exceeded, what HBO used to do at Pacific Design Center.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
Christopher Grubb, an interior designer and founder of Beverly Hills’s Arch-Interiors Design Group, says the option can still work, especially when tented in an airy outdoor fabric.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tent
Noun
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The mansion with its stone façade and slate roof houses some 50 rooms that spread across 13,000 square feet of living space and five levels.Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Upper and lower gardens are connected by a stream, solar panels, and concrete staircases—a bridge between the ground and the roof.Laura Studarus, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In other research on exercise and sleep out of Iowa State University, study participants were grouped into resistance training workouts, aerobic workouts, and combination workouts (both resistance and aerobic exercise).Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 28 June 2024
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Still, the protesters slept out in the open after police took their tents, despite temperatures in the low 30s.Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Large green beams arch across the glass ceiling, creating a metallic, forest-reminiscent canopy.Laura Studarus, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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For these situations, the use of canopies can provide a fix.Tracy Price, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked.Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
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Since April, amid the now eight-month long Israel-Hamas war, university students in over two dozen schools across the country have taken to protesting and encamping in solidarity with Palestine to get their schools to break direct and indirect ties with Israel.Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024
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“Tent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tent. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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