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a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling
a farmer's shack out in the fields that's used for lambing and as a shelter from storms
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Recent Examples of shacks
Explore its 52-block historic district that’s dotted with Victorian mansions, legendary seafood shacks, and an arts scene that far exceeds expectations for a small town.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Johns makes her move As an 11th grader at Moton High School, Johns began talking with some of her fellow students about taking action to protest the shacks and improve their education.
—Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Just south of downtown San Jose, about 100 people live on the banks of Coyote Creek, where footpaths and improvised bridges connect a community of tents and wooden shacks — the city’s last sprawling homeless encampment.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Once our fishing guide, Scott Allen, pulled up, the three of us climbed into his ATV to head to one of his six shacks on the frozen inlet.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
When Evelyn Nakano Glenn was a year old, she and her parents were forced out of their home in San Francisco and sent to a dusty, dry collection of tarpaper shacks with no insulation in the Gila River Indian Community's Sonoran Desert homelands about 30 miles southeast of Phoenix.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Church Avenue is revived, nearly every storefront occupied, jazz clubs mixing with Haitian bistros, home-loan shops, day-care centers, and Jamaican fish shacks.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Johns makes her move As an 11th grader at Moton High School, Johns began talking with some of her fellow students about taking action to protest the shacks and improve their education.
—Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Just south of downtown San Jose, about 100 people live on the banks of Coyote Creek, where footpaths and improvised bridges connect a community of tents and wooden shacks — the city’s last sprawling homeless encampment.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Most schools take place in mud huts or shacks shared by dozens of young men, away from public glare.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Once our fishing guide, Scott Allen, pulled up, the three of us climbed into his ATV to head to one of his six shacks on the frozen inlet.
—Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
When Evelyn Nakano Glenn was a year old, she and her parents were forced out of their home in San Francisco and sent to a dusty, dry collection of tarpaper shacks with no insulation in the Gila River Indian Community's Sonoran Desert homelands about 30 miles southeast of Phoenix.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Church Avenue is revived, nearly every storefront occupied, jazz clubs mixing with Haitian bistros, home-loan shops, day-care centers, and Jamaican fish shacks.
—Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shacks
Noun
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Working in hail and snow, York and the others built log huts.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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The cause of the avalanche and why the group decided to leave the safety of the huts is still unknown.—
Matthias Gafni,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Russian departure from much of northern Mali will enable jihadist groups to set up training camps in the vast spaces vacated, paving the way for further expansion, a scenario especially feared by Algeria.—
Ulf Laessing,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Carter County Museum hosts dinosaur camps for kids, while the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum offers five-day adult dig expeditions and a junior paleontologist program, a one-day dig experience for children ages 5-11.—
Alex Temblador,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Construction on a controversial project to put tiny sleeping cabins for homeless individuals in Lemon Grove is schedued to begin Monday.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Accessibility Without ramps, or even a solid path between the cabins and communal areas, getting around will be a challenge for less-mobile people.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Shacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shacks. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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