as in district
an area with people who are different in some way from the people in the areas around it
The city has a large Chinese enclave. one of the city's wealthy enclaves
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Recent Examples of enclave
Earlier this month, parts of several properties’ backyards in the wealthy enclave of Rancho Palo Verdes, 25 miles south of Los Angeles, crumbled into the ocean due to a landslide.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The militant group returned all living hostages who remained held in Gaza but has failed so far to return the remains of all the deceased hostages in the enclave.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Like many New Yorkers, Krieger and his family left the city and moved to Tenafly, an affluent enclave just 15 minutes west across the Hudson River.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
After Ross exited the building, the property became a pop-up enclave for local artists operating through the Local Color organization.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The militant group returned all living hostages who remained held in Gaza but has failed so far to return the remains of all the deceased hostages in the enclave.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
Like many New Yorkers, Krieger and his family left the city and moved to Tenafly, an affluent enclave just 15 minutes west across the Hudson River.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
After Ross exited the building, the property became a pop-up enclave for local artists operating through the Local Color organization.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enclave
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The new congressional maps proposed by the state’s Democrats, which Proposition 50 will implement, are intended to net the party five additional seats in the House—but their actual impact will still depend on races in those districts.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The district board is set to adopt its 2025-26 grant award list at its regular meeting Tuesday.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Union Square, which was to be my neighborhood for the next twenty-five years, was off limits after dark back then.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani’s plan to raise city income taxes by 2% on millionaires and shift property taxes toward the wealthiest, whitest, and most under-taxed neighborhoods could generate $4 billion a year to fund affordable housing.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Enclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclave. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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