exclaves

noun

plural of exclave
as in outposts

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  1. outposts
  2. territories
  3. colonies
  4. camps
  5. plantations
  6. diasporas
  7. posts
Noun
  • Al Sharaa reached an agreement with Moscow just days ago over two key Russian outposts in Syria; the Mediterranean coastal bases will be transferred to Syrian control.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Radical settlers have established hundreds of additional outposts without government authorization, while still enjoying protection from the Israeli military and often other public services.
    — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of outposts
Noun
  • Settlements now house over 500,000 Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians want for a future state.
    — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But in the 1990s the mostly free flow of people ended, as Spain started to build what today is a complicated border fence complex to separate the European territories from Africa.
    — Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of territories
Noun
  • Electronic circuits move electrical signals through wires, while these biological circuits move molecules between bacterial colonies.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Both former colonies of Japan, the two came to rely on exports to drive growth – first labor-intensive goods like garments in the 1960s, followed by electronics such as home appliances in the 1970s and ’80s.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of colonies
Noun
  • More than 19,000 people were sheltering in tents, evacuation centers and makeshift camps after the earthquake struck off Flores early Saturday, damaging at least 4,500 homes, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Many of England’s players only arrived at their club’s pre-season camps at the beginning of August, three weeks after many sides saw the bulk of their squads return.
    — George Edwards, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • The calls for supernatural aid often consisted of individuals’ attempts to protect themselves and strike back against slave owners under the extreme inequities and traumas of the plantations.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The largest fire has been reported in the village of Sungai Gelam in the Muaro Jambi district, where dozens of hectares of oil palm plantations owned by local residents have been destroyed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of plantations
Noun
  • These countries also tend to receive enormous quantities of remittances from their diasporas.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Yet today there are galuts within galuts; diasporas within diasporas.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of diasporas
Noun
  • Users can create content on the app and view its archive of more than 2 million original Vine posts.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The pair were seen hand-in-hand in New York City together, and later, began publicly commenting on each other’s social media posts.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of posts
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