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summer camp

American  

noun

  • summer camps
    plural
  1. a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.


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His superpower seems to be the ability to cosplay a vain summer camp counselor in the Adirondacks from a bad Hallmark comedy.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

For an ice cream truck visiting a summer camp, the TAM is all the kids at the camp multiplied by how much ice cream each kid would buy that summer.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

That day, he said, the facility had 60 4- and 5-year-old children at the school for summer camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Columnist Callum Borchers tells us why playing like a kid in summer camp is good for employee morale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

All of August was spent running errands and watching Jason after his summer camp ended.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

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