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as in campground
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed

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as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees

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Noun
  • While Travis Decker was nowhere to be found, investigators traced his cell phone, which revealed that visited the same campground the day before the kidnapping, the court papers show.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 June 2025
  • Bears are known to frequent this campground, so plan accordingly.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • While there are several accommodations in the national park, traditional lodgings here were bare-bones mountain huts intentionally designed for discomfort for religious reasons.
    Olivia Young, AFAR Media, 20 May 2025
  • Along with these items, Caribbean hut also offers vegetarian options like curry tofu and a veggie platter.
    Mari Pressley, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
  • Happily, authorities determined them to be alive and well, and they were helped back to their campsite by a forest ranger.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Of course, that would require the player to waive his no-movement clause, and TSN’s Darren Dreger reported this week that Marner’s camp views it as an unlikely option unless a perfect scenario presents itself.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Read Next World 1,400-year-old crown — still decorated with insect wings — found in South Korea May 22, 2025 1:16 PM Read Next World Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • The spacious, luminous cabin measures 800 cubic feet with a 6-foot-5-inch ceiling, comfortably accommodating four or more passengers in a luxurious, flexible layout.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
  • Guests stay at Parkfield Lodge, 2.5 miles from V6, where accommodations consist of a converted water tower, post office, individual lodge rooms, and a cowboy cabin that can accommodate up to four people.
    Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The three-story clubhouse would be about 50,000 square feet and would have a reception area, surf academy, fitness facility, yoga center, administration offices, staff areas, locker rooms, retail store, restaurant, a coffee bar/snack shack and other incidental uses.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • Courtesy of Akasha Song José walked with him through the trees to a shack where pounds and pounds of jurema inner root bark were laid out to dry on tarps the size of a living room floor.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
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“Hutment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hutment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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