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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 enclaves
Both reflect desires to leave century-old stadiums and home cities for vast sites that allow for planned enclaves of surrounding restaurants, hotels, offices, stores and homes.
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Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The neighborhood/area The hotel’s stretch of A1A isn’t the most interesting so most guests opt to either keep to the property’s upscale amenities, cab it to South Beach (which is 15 minutes away), or go north to the chichi enclaves of Surfside and Bal Harbour for shopping and dining.
—Sara Liss, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Here are our 7 favorite small adventure towns around the world, from coastal enclaves to alpine hamlets.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
As the plantation colonies of the British and French Caribbean grew in the late 17th and 18th centuries, escapees formed maroon enclaves there as well.
—Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
During the postwar years, though, tens of thousands of white parishioners chose to move to new enclaves in the city and the suburbs as, owing to the Great Migration, the Black population, long sequestered on the South Side, grew and expanded into other neighborhoods.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
All three began with coastal enclaves.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged enclaves born in the pre-internet times with the digital natives raised in the era of online ubiquity.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Under the latest proposal, the property would be divided into two residential enclaves.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The neighborhood/area The hotel’s stretch of A1A isn’t the most interesting so most guests opt to either keep to the property’s upscale amenities, cab it to South Beach (which is 15 minutes away), or go north to the chichi enclaves of Surfside and Bal Harbour for shopping and dining.
—Sara Liss, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
Here are our 7 favorite small adventure towns around the world, from coastal enclaves to alpine hamlets.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
As the plantation colonies of the British and French Caribbean grew in the late 17th and 18th centuries, escapees formed maroon enclaves there as well.
—Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
During the postwar years, though, tens of thousands of white parishioners chose to move to new enclaves in the city and the suburbs as, owing to the Great Migration, the Black population, long sequestered on the South Side, grew and expanded into other neighborhoods.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
All three began with coastal enclaves.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
The holdouts span the generation gaps, uniting elderly and middle-aged enclaves born in the pre-internet times with the digital natives raised in the era of online ubiquity.
—Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Under the latest proposal, the property would be divided into two residential enclaves.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enclaves
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The Illinois State Board of Education is now required to provide guidance to districts and educators on the use of artificial intelligence in K-12 settings.—
Hope Moses,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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To get around this problem, advocates have urged districts to offer the option to everyone, not just students from immigrant homes.—
Rebecca Santana,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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When armed federal agents roll into residential neighborhoods under vague authority and maximal posture, the odds of catastrophe rise fast.—
Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Institutional investors typically buy single-family homes to rent them out, often concentrating in suburban neighborhoods around major metro areas, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For three quarters, this game lived up to the hype.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Banks have enjoyed a Goldilocks-type environment for the last few quarters, with a rebound in Wall Street trading and investment banking, falling interest rates, stable consumer credit and deregulation providing a lift for the sector.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Enclaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclaves. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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