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exclave

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Definition of exclave

as in territory

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Recent Examples of exclave The escalation at the frontier between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming, on Wednesday. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 Arrivals had been increasing, but reasons still unclear The escalation at the frontier between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming, on Wednesday. — CBS News, 30 July 2026 The escalation at the border between Spain and Morocco comes after a surge in migrants attempting to reach the small exclave, mainly by swimming. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Lithuania, which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies during Russian President Vladimir Putin's more than four-year conflict with Kyiv, providing extensive military equipment and financial support. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclave

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Deutsche noted a December 2025 warning from the Bank of International Settlements that a statistical test suggested that the gold market had entered bubble-like territory and that a significant correction could follow.

— Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
When your annual payroll exceeds $300 million, that comes with the territory.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of territory

Noun

Throughout the conflict, the Hmeimem air base and the Tartus naval base were key Russian military outposts in the eastern Mediterranean.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Elizabeth Mulholland is set to take on the role of senior director at David Zwirner Gallery’s Los Angeles outpost, according to ARTnews.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of outpost

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Veteran wide receiver, Darius Slayton interestingly said Harbaugh already has been confronting players in a constructive way to reinforce accountability across the board in the first few days of training camp here in West Virginia.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
As Scott Frost took to the practice field Monday to open UCF’s preseason football camp, construction workers a few hundred yards away busily put the finishing touches on the Roth Tower expansion at the Acrisure Bounce House Stadium.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

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How cricket grows in America will not be determined by sponsorship money alone, or broadcast deals, or the size of the diaspora.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Their win has given hope to hundreds of thousands across the diaspora who couldn’t afford the time or the money to see a lawsuit through to the supreme court.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of diaspora

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With an ecosystem as capricious as this, the local wildlife is born and bred to go with the flow—think gentle-but-giant humpback whales, colonies of industrious beavers, and torpedoing peregrine falcons, the fastest animals on Earth.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
If such a future comes to fruition, Swope added, his hope is that such extraterrestrial colonies would be governed by rules reminiscent of Western ideals and democratic principles.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of colony

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The Emmy-winning actor has come forward as the individual Rhea Seehorn alluded to, but did not name, in a June Instagram post that revealed someone spilled wine on her at the Gotham TV Awards.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Meta’s India headache A parliamentary panel last Wednesday demanded an apology from Mark Zuckerberg within three days over the brief restriction of a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Meta Platform’s Facebook.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of post

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In the early 1800s, the region was home to Hawaii’s first commercial sugar plantation which helped launch the state’s sugar industry and bring the town of Kōloa into the spotlight.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Tourists take photos at a viewing platform overlooking coffee plantations on June 4, 2026 in Baoshan, Yunnan Province of China.

— Matthew Tan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

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