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campus

[kam-puhs] / ˈkæm pəs /
NOUN
school grounds
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A temporary lockdown on the campus has since been lifted but a "significant" law enforcement presence is still on site, the university confirmed in a statement.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

This is a work college where all students hold jobs on campus like farmer, fiber artist and genetics lab tech.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

In Episode 1, you’ll hear how Gorsuch’s worldview was shaped by his iconoclastic mother, his reaction to life on a liberal college campus, and by young conservative movements of the 1980s.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

The controversy around Arday appears to have divided the Cambridge campus and wider academia.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“There’s a thing on campus for a week in early August, and then a bunch of weekend events during the year—virtual, mostly.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Even the most patchouli-infested precincts of the most fervently peacenik campuses would not have dared to hope for what the two leaders tried to agree to: full elimination of nuclear arms on both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

It has said it is actively working to host several data-center campuses on its land, complete with fiber-optic cables and electrical substations; affiliates will spend the capital to build the power and utility infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

To Lavina, however, hyperscale campuses like the Landover park are not comparable to a standard Maryland data center that may consume a few dozen megawatts of power at most.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Both Alum Rock and Berryessa union school districts, which house Kidango early learning campuses, have struggled with declining enrollment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

I’ve walked around the campuses nearby, seen all the buttoned-up students with their books and their satchels and their studious expressions.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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