How to Use outpost in a Sentence
outpost
noun- The city was established as a military outpost in the 1800s.
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The school, which the IDF said was used as a Hamas outpost, was about a mile from the border fence.
—Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
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One Dalton Street, which opened in May 2019, is the brand's second outpost in the city.
—Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2022
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An outpost of Gjelina in New York has been in the works for nearly a decade.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
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Ralph’s The terrace at the Ralph’s outpost in Paris (one of five locations around the world).
—Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024
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The sales success led to the decision to open its own outpost.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
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There's no need for a quick jaunt to Paris now that Fouquet's has opened its New York outpost.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023
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The outpost had been attacked by drones and rocket fire.
—Kurt Chirbas, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2022
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The boost from the thrusters placed the orbital outpost at the correct altitude for the Soyuz capsule to dock.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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The airy and style-forward restaurant is the second outpost of the brand, which first launched in Camden in 2005.
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
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Kennedy Sanders was killed in a drone attack on a U.S. outpost in Jordan.
—Kenny Holston, New York Times, 27 May 2024
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This will mark the fourth outpost of Dumpling Time and is part of a larger expansion push.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2021
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The first is the eponymous Fouquet’s, the second outpost of the beloved Parisian brasserie that initially opened in 1899.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2022
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The settlers had decided to return and camp in the outpost.
—Fox News, 27 Feb. 2023
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The New York galley has opened an outpost just behind the Chateau Marmont.
—Abigail Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
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That killing, which is unsolved, prompted Funai to add armed guards to its outpost on the Itaquaí.
—New York Times, 1 July 2022
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These outposts can be used to help counter and fight the U.S. and its allies, for example, in a war over Taiwan.
—Krista Wiegand, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2023
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With each week, the junta’s forces abandon more outposts.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
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The base is intended to be the first outpost on the moon’s South Pole, an area scientists think is the best place to find water.
—Selina Xu, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2022
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Mullins tells us more about his brand, the new Paris outpost, and his expansion plans for Workshop.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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This remote outpost looks pretty snazzy when the camera zooms out and leans on CGI.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
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The new outpost retains the same warm woods as its original Marais store, opened last year, and takes cues from the brand’s workshop.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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Centuries passed, the outpost grew, and by the early 1800s Bangkok had taken its modern form.
—Jenny Adams, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023
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The second outpost of the iconic French café just opened in the courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine (more on that below!).
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 6 Sep. 2022
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Pinon is a dusty outpost of just over a thousand residents.
—Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
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The middle-aged kids want Dwight to open up a crime outpost in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
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Chris Arellanes, the grilling master behind Kyu, will open his fourth outpost here.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
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The outpost will come into view 10 degrees above the eastern horizon.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
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San Francisco is getting an outpost of one of the Bay Area’s best Thai restaurants.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
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The new outpost for all things Mario and company is set to open May 15, but to come inside, customers will have to reserve a slot, according to the Nintendo website.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
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