labor camps

Definition of labor campsnext
plural of labor camp
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Noun
  • Stojka came to painting decades later, in her mid-fifties, with the mission of depicting life in the concentration camps.
    Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In 1943, the United States government administered a questionnaire to people of Japanese descent who had been confined to wartime concentration camps in California, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arkansas.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Wooden signs dot roadsides advertising homes from the $300,000s for a townhome to over $1 million for big houses in the most desirable suburban neighborhoods.
    Jonathan J. Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Labor camps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camps. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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