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Noun
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Mexico’s network of diplomatic outposts is by far the most extensive in the United States.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026 -
The Administration listed field offices for closure, then delisted them, though some rural outposts, in Iowa, Montana, and West Virginia, offer only phone service owing to the loss of staff.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Most of these inventive interpretations for the foreign territories have never been seen in person.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
4 May 2026
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The sequel had the second highest opening day YTD in India (Disney didn’t provide gross figures yet for the latter two territories).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 May 2026
Noun
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In fact, Britain had twenty-six American colonies, and only half of them rose up.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For his part, the teenage Bezos who dreamed of creating human space colonies has lost none of his passion for the enterprise.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Palestinians in Gaza are still contending with myriad daily struggles, from lack of water to rodent infestations in sprawling tent camps.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Australian governments previously paid Nauru and Papua New Guinea to house asylum seekers who attempted to reach Australia’s shore by boat in squalid detention camps.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Pinot Noir plantations only account for about 14,000 acres and rank as the number two grape grown.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
1 May 2026
Noun
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There’s an image of New York City, calcified in film, memoir, and newsprint, of a city built on a foundation of scruffy subcultures, especially those communities grounded in the city’s hundreds of distinct diasporas.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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Media produced for and by diasporas – people displaced from their country of origin by choice or force – is a good source for contextualized and expert information about conflicts in their country of origin.—
Andrea Hickerson,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Recent Instagram posts prompted fans to speculate that Beyoncé would be making an announcement of the final album of her trilogy.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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Of course, there are caveats, and not all global posts are built the same.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
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“Exclaves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaves. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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