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Recent Examples of hamlet
Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as part of Virginia’s Piedmont region, Orange is a quiet hamlet of around 5,000 folks that’s within easy driving distance of more populated locales like Charlottesville (20 miles), Richmond (60 miles), and Washington, D.C. (70 miles).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Mayor Ted aims to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
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Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as part of Virginia’s Piedmont region, Orange is a quiet hamlet of around 5,000 folks that’s within easy driving distance of more populated locales like Charlottesville (20 miles), Richmond (60 miles), and Washington, D.C. (70 miles).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Mayor Ted aims to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamlet
village
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Authorities ordered residents of a town of about 7,700 people near Patras to evacuate on Tuesday and issued new alerts on Wednesday, advising residents of two nearby villages to leave.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The flood washed away a community kitchen and a security post set up in the village, a pit stop along the pilgrimage route to the Machail Mata temple, said one of the officials, who declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media about the incident.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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