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Recent Examples of work camp
And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.
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Patrick Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Transgender people, the text states, will be sent to work camps indefinitely.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Selly’s father escaped from a work camp and returned to Budapest.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2024
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Patrick Wilson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2025
Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Transgender people, the text states, will be sent to work camps indefinitely.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
Selly’s father escaped from a work camp and returned to Budapest.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for work camp
Noun
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That comes from my grandfather, who survived a concentration camp.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Ravensbrück, located 50 miles north of Berlin, was a concentration camp built for women, where as many as 40,000 perished before the war’s end.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Those who survived the evacuation were sent to do agrarian work at labor camps in rural areas.—
Ray Cavanaugh,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps Nasser would not have sent Brothers to prison, labor camps, and the gallows.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2018
Noun
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And although Peter fought for the rebel cause and now languishes in a Union prison camp, that principled act has led others to suspect his wife of less than ironclad loyalty.—
Alida Becker,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced a surprise move to close 6 federal prison camps and permanently close FCI Dublin.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20camp. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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