campuses

plural of campus
as in parks
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 campuses But her book shows that building the campuses was the easy part. — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 The state mandated that these policies be strengthened after large rallies and encampments protesting the ongoing war in Gaza swept through college campuses in 2024. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Continue reading … -- POLITICS IDENTITY HEIST — How a hidden scam plaguing college campuses has racked up a multimillion-dollar price tag. — FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Justifying the use of force on their campuses, schools primarily deferred to just this idea of protocol, citing arcane policy mandates to disband encampments and occupations so that academic production could resume its flow. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 But for more than 30 other campuses, reports of cooling issues persisted into the new 2026-27 school year. — Claire Partain, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026 Olmsted also designed cemeteries, campuses, and garden-city suburbs. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Valencia has about 75,000 students enrolled across ten campuses in the two Central Florida counties. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 More recently, several of their satellite campuses throughout the country have begun teaching the language. — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • Despite being home to multiple public parks, the subdivision has just two public vehicle entrances.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Anaheim’s schools, parks and swimming pool were segregated until the 1950s.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Ming Yang, a Chinese manufacturer, has already been blocked from building a factory in Scotland on national security grounds.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The house and its grounds form the backbone of filming locations, though certain spaces on the property were either too cramped or did not provide the right lighting for film production.
    — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • One of the shelters available during recent alerts is a modernised facility beneath the premises of municipal bus operator MPK in Lublin.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The premises are also monitored by Perry’s own elite, 24-hour security team.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Skydance would not comment, but Cheeks has been seen as a strong lieutenant overseeing the TV properties under Paramount ever since Skydance took control of the company last August.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That would be painful with any medication, Azar said, but the specific properties of pentobarbital would make the experience exceptionally uncomfortable.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • His yards per attempt and passer rating have fallen, too, and his regular-season touchdown-to-interception ratio has also slipped, from 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions as a rookie to 30 touchdowns and 14 interceptions since the start of 2025.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Chaz Rodriguez has stepped in at quarterback to pass for 805 yards and 13 touchdowns along with seven touchdowns rushing.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Campuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campuses. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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