as in canopies
a raised covering over something for decoration or protection
a huge tent was erected for the outdoor wedding reception
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Recent Examples of tents
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
Along Cermak Road between Wentworth and Clark, the leftover food and overflowing garbage all spill outside tents at a homeless encampment.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
The Norwegian Refugee Council, for example, said it has not been allowed to bring in supplies in 10 months, leaving it distributing tents and aid brought in by other groups.
—Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Attorneys for detainees at the Everglades facility have called the conditions deplorable, writing in court documents that rainwater floods their tents and officers go cell-to-cell pressuring detainees to sign voluntary removal orders before they’re allowed to consult their attorneys.
—Mike Schneider, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
The Marine Corps’ expeditionary field kitchen – a 20-foot container with an expandable structure and tents – feeds 750.
—Gidget Fuentes, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Sheds, storage facilities, mobile homes, and tents are not safe.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2026
The neighborhood has since been reduced to a sprawl of tents and wreckage, storefronts hanging from cages of bent metal.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Secure light outdoor objects like tents or empty trash bins.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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During the pregame portion of the game, contestants will often be held in tents with no talking for hours on end as they get taken out one at a time for an interview or photo shoot.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for tents
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Matching fabric or wallpaper adorns the walls and ceilings, and the same print is often used in drapes, canopies, bedding, or upholstery.—
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The light here is dazzling, even more so when sieved through lime and olive leaves and wooden canopies to dance on walls, terracotta tables, and guests’ faces.—
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Across Kyiv, snow covers the ground and roofs and is piled up next to sidewalks.—
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Early Taco Bells featured a Mission-style design notable for arched windows and tile roofs, similar to the architecture lurking in historic neighborhoods of California cities.—
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“Tents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tents. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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