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exclaves

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plural of exclave

as in outposts

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In China, Sessùn is planning three new openings in 2026, following outposts in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
El Segundo offices often started as outposts, but many have become bigger than downtown counterparts as workers have fled downtown, said Jason Fine, a real estate broker at JLL.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of outposts

Noun

A couple days ago a THR report claimed that Universal was getting cold feet over releasing Alex Gibney’s Musk documentary in international territories.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Farfetch sells to customers in more than 190 countries and territories and serves as a platform for 1,400 brands, boutiques and department stores.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of territories

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This double theft was central to the origins, growth, and eventual success of the English colonies and the United States—not just initially but throughout all of American history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Advertisement Europe didn’t only take men and material from the colonies for the Great War, but also a repertoire of its illiberal practices in the colonies.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of colonies

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Well, the guys who have been through that grind many times over — Mahomes (10 training camps with Reid), Travis Kelce (14) and Chris Jones (11) — say this training camp was unlike any of those past iterations.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
There weren’t separate camps of actors, circus artists, dancers, musicians, puppeteers or singers.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of camps

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Scholarly writing about slavery in the Americas—which has mostly centered on Black enslavement—has emphasized its economic value in building plantations, wealth, and American capitalism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Humans are usually the ones who set off this bomb, through activities such as burning land to prepare it for agriculture and plantations.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of plantations

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Major rugby nations, including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy, Argentina, Australia and Japan, all have healthy diasporas or a culture of travelling fans to major sporting events.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
As will perhaps already be apparent, the Ghetto is a product of much wider Jewish diasporas.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of diasporas

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In the course of three weeks, Israeli soldiers destroyed much of the area, razing schools and mosques and commandeering buildings for use as military posts.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Only 28 of the 105 political parties and groupings approved by the Provisional Electoral Council to contest elections for president, Parliament and local posts, had reached the threshold of registering 30,000 members.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

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