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
But those developments failed to expunge Washington’s enclave.
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Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Israel would stop its extensive attacks on Gaza and pull back its ground forces in the enclave in stages.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The poll comes nearly two years into Israel’s war in Gaza, which has resulted in the deaths of over 66,000 Palestinians, many of whom are women and children, according to health officials in the enclave.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
San Diego’s East County — Santee, Lakeside, Ramona, Alpine — and the inland corridor up Interstate 15 through Murrieta and Temecula are not coastal enclaves.
—Laura Koval, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Israel would stop its extensive attacks on Gaza and pull back its ground forces in the enclave in stages.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The poll comes nearly two years into Israel’s war in Gaza, which has resulted in the deaths of over 66,000 Palestinians, many of whom are women and children, according to health officials in the enclave.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
San Diego’s East County — Santee, Lakeside, Ramona, Alpine — and the inland corridor up Interstate 15 through Murrieta and Temecula are not coastal enclaves.
—Laura Koval, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enclave
Noun
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Soviet-era apartment blocks line leafy boulevards and glass towers cluster in the financial district.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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This column recently discussed a pending Supreme Court case that could strike down the Voting Rights Act’s remedy of creating majority-minority districts and result in the creation of even more Republican House seats.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is a six-bed, six-and-three-half bath, 9,000-square-foot, English Country Estate-Style Cottage in the River Glades neighborhood of Prospect.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The long lines have blocked access to a neighborhood garden store.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Enclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclave. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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