tent city
noun
: a collection of many tents set up in an area to provide usually temporary shelter (as for displaced or homeless people)
Tent cities of displaced homeowners have sprung up in the state's Central Valley—even in the capital, Sacramento.—
Matt Woolsey
Matt WoolseyAnti-sweatshop protesters at FSU pitched a tent city last March to demand that the school join the Workers Rights Consortium …—Meline Toumani et al.
Meline Toumani et al.Examples of tent city in a Sentence
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The grassy area across from Geisel Library where the tent city once sat was cordoned off.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
The next day, Shafik, the university president, authorized New York police to swoop in and break up the tent city.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
In less than an hour, the tent city was swept away and the lawn area cleaned.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
At the University of Virginia on Saturday, police at times sprayed a chemical irritant to help arrest roughly 25 protesters and take down a tent city.
—CBS News, 5 May 2024
The same goes for the European Union, which could build tent cities for temporary refuge.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Urban Alchemy won a $463,000 city contract to manage the Sausalito tent city housed at a public tennis court during the pandemic.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
More than 1 million people have squeezed in and around the southern city of Rafah, joining swelling tent cities near the Egyptian border.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
The creation of the sprawling tent cities would be paid for by the the U.S. and its Arab Gulf partners, the proposal reportedly said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
The next day, Shafik, the university president, authorized New York police to swoop in and break up the tent city.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
In less than an hour, the tent city was swept away and the lawn area cleaned.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024
At the University of Virginia on Saturday, police at times sprayed a chemical irritant to help arrest roughly 25 protesters and take down a tent city.
—CBS News, 5 May 2024
The same goes for the European Union, which could build tent cities for temporary refuge.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Urban Alchemy won a $463,000 city contract to manage the Sausalito tent city housed at a public tennis court during the pandemic.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
More than 1 million people have squeezed in and around the southern city of Rafah, joining swelling tent cities near the Egyptian border.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
The creation of the sprawling tent cities would be paid for by the the U.S. and its Arab Gulf partners, the proposal reportedly said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Tent city.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tent%20city. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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