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a type of prison where large numbers of people who are not soldiers are kept during a war and are usually forced to live in very bad conditions
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Recent Examples of concentration camp
Published in 1946 and translated into 50 languages with more than 16 million copies sold, Frankl’s account follows his time in the Nazi concentration camps and his exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of unspeakable adversity.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
To help set the film apart from other Holocaust dramas, Geller took the Son of Saul and Zone of Interest approach by leaving much of the concentration camp atrocities to the imagination of the viewer.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Now, the President has shared the thumbnail for a piece which included an image of the Pink Triangle, a symbol directly tied to concentration camps.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
To help set the film apart from other Holocaust dramas, Geller took the Son of Saul and Zone of Interest approach by leaving much of the concentration camp atrocities to the imagination of the viewer.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
This week, an Israeli student was arrested at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland for reportedly trying to spoil a class picture with the gesture.
—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
Now, the President has shared the thumbnail for a piece which included an image of the Pink Triangle, a symbol directly tied to concentration camps.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentration camp
Noun
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Her mother was born in a Siberian prison camp.—
Lucas Y. Tomlinson Fox News,
Fox News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Holmes, 41, is incarcerated at a federal minimum-security prison camp outside Houston.—
Ethan Baron,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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Brünnlitz was a German labor camp, and as Spielberg showed in his film, a list was created with names of those who would be relocated there.—
Danuta Hamlin,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 2025
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It was later learned that Hollingsworth entered the bull pen to check on the water source, and the animal attacked him, knocking him unconscious, according to deputies.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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Nardi’s absence leaves the Marlins without an experienced lefty in the bullpen.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Concentration camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concentration%20camp. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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