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exclave

noun

Definition of exclave

as in territory

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Recent Examples of exclave The first is the new S11 chip, which features a secure exclave for microphone data processing on top of a faster CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine. — Victoria Song, The Verge, 17 Sep. 2026 Her comments come after the mass migration chaos in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, when Frederiksen criticized the actions of Spain's leftist leader, Pedro Sánchez, during a special session on Ceuta in the Danish Parliament. — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for exclave

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Miami defense forces another punt Clemson reached Miami territory on its second drive but a Marquise Lightfoot sack on second down and deep incompletion with Ryan Mack in coverage on third down leads to another Tigers punt.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic, about 650 miles from North Carolina.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of territory

Noun

The rooftop bar looks over Hyde Park, lending a welcome (and rather rare) sense of openness in central London, while ABC Kitchen—the London outpost of the New York restaurant famed for its crab toast—brings in a high-flying food crowd.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
The gallery effectively shut down the Bushwick outpost in 2021, selling the building to Rashid Johnson for $8 million—a profit of $6 million—in 2024.

— News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 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

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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

As the colonies grow, more layers of sediment are trapped and solidified beneath them by biofilms that the organisms produce, causing the whole colony to build upward in layers, like the pages in this book.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Here, a very dear, longtime local friend officiated the service with just a few attendees which included a blacktip reef shark and a colony of marine iguanas.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of colony

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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

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My mother had a 4th grade education and worked on a sharecropping tobacco plantation.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
Initial rumors were fueled by local innuendo and supported by records aligning Hemings’ pregnancies with Jefferson’s presence at his plantation home of Monticello in Virginia.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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