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exclave

noun

Definition of exclave

as in territory

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Recent Examples of exclave Ulf Kristersson’s comments come weeks after tens of thousands of people rushed into Spain’s exclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco, prompting sharp criticism from leaders across the continent. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Authorities have not said who organized a suspicious border breach in Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. — Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of migrants set up camp on a beach in Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta on Monday as local authorities struggled to cope with the thousands still in the tiny territory after a massive border rush last week. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026 Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, but some stayed on in the hills surrounding the city. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclave

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Noun

My son treated it as his personal territory for the better part of three days.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Pakistan routinely accuses Kabul of allowing militants, particularly the Pakistani Taliban, to operate from Afghan territory and launch attacks across the border.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of territory

Noun

The California outpost is a naturally strategic move for a brand that has earned celebrities’ increasing attention over the years.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
The Canadian Space Agency was on the hook to build a robotic arm for the Gateway outpost, improving on the Canadian robotics systems used on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of outpost

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On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli airstrike in the Jabaliya refugee camp north of the Gaza Strip killed one and injured several others, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
And Thunberg, who in January 2025 visited the Sahrawi camps with Lamin accompanying and translating for her, spoke plainly about what must change and called out the media for its silence.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of camp

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For decades, being Salvadoran meant being identified as a refugee diaspora escaping a war, and later, an association grew with the street gangs that formed as a result of the displacement.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The films, spanning more than 25 languages, tell stories from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet and their diasporas.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of diaspora

Noun

So, why are mud houses even in the conversation for a project as futuristic as a Martian colony?

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
As a former British colony, Guyana has controlled the area claimed by Venezuela since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of colony

Noun

The hair care brand, launched by siblings Akash and Nikita Mehta in 2020, has appointed Cécile Budge to the top post.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
As the content continued to receive engagement, the platform’s AI appeared to be refining and expanding its understanding of what the post was about, broadening the keyword associations to reach new, relevant audiences.

— Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of post

Noun

Nobody complained when Pitt received the part of Louis de Pointe du Lac, a wealthy plantation owner in the late 18th century whom Lestat would eventually sire after Louis is consumed by grief over the death of his wife and child.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

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