exclaves

plural of exclave

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclaves
Noun
  • The station's successor will come from the private industry, as several companies are working on designs for next-generation space outposts.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Bonifacio Taking up residence in what was once one of Wendy’s first outposts—the fast-food chain was founded in Columbus in 1969—Bonifacio is the city’s first full-service Filipino restaurant and bar.
    Katie Chang, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That phase of growth entails other new territories for the brand, including beauty.
    James Manso, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Equal Justice Initiative Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom based on having lived in free territories, a legal strategy that had previously succeeded in Missouri.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The territory remained under Portuguese rule, apart from a brief Japanese occupation during the Second World War, until 1975, when a left-wing Portuguese government pledged to withdraw from all its colonies.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Beck also keeps three goats and a few colonies of honeybees.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The focus was on Afghanistan, and when to take out the al-Qaeda training camps protected by the country’s Taliban leadership.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Historians believe the plate lunch evolved from the Japanese bento box — another form of takeaway eating — in the 1880s, when giant fruit and sugar companies owned huge plantations in Hawaii.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Banana farms, coconut plantations and citrus groves perished in the storm.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, amid ongoing political violence on either side of the historically contentious border, a rise in unfettered hate speech on social media has further fractured the countries’ diasporas.
    Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • His new book paints a varied portrait through courtyards, alleyways and community buildings, whether clan associations or methodist churches, that have offered refuge and camaraderie to generations of Asian diasporas.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Multiple high-ranking military officials with connections to the Rocket Force, including two former defense ministers, have been removed from their posts in the last two years alone, with official reports hinting at corruption related to the PLA’s uptick in the procurement of weapons.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On February 12, the Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg met Hitler and agreed to appoint various Nazi figures to key posts in exchange for Hitler reaffirming Austrian sovereignty.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Exclaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaves. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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