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
  • This effort will likely start with small outposts on the moon, which will serve as stepping stones for similar activities on the Red Planet.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Scammers from at least 13 of these outposts used Starlink IP addresses to get online between early March and the end of May, an AP analysis of device and satellite data from International Justice Mission shows.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of outposts
Noun
  • One of the strongest super typhoons on the planet this year was striking the US Pacific Islands on Monday morning, the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The only Caribbean country to qualify twice for the World Cup, Haiti joined the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao as the only territories that had teams qualify for this year’s 48-nation tournament.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
Definition of territories
Noun
  • Robert Morris migrated from England to the American colonies as a teenager and established himself in the mercantile industry.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • The original design featured 13 stripes representing the colonies and 13 stars arranged in a circle to symbolize equality among them.
    — Pete Cuddihy, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of colonies
Noun
  • Everywhere, in big cities and small towns, there’s an increase in the adultification of children, even the well-off ones, even the ones raised by gentle parents, even the ones with skate and surf camps, guitar lessons, and college funds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Her work has taken her around the world reviewing top hotels and writing travel guides, from luxury safari camps in Botswana to Palaces de France across Saint-Tropez.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.
    — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of plantations
Noun
  • Not only do Brazilian fans love to travel to support their national team, but New Jersey is also home to one of the largest Brazilian diasporas in the country.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Almost overnight, a player from a country with the world’s 13th-largest population of about 113 million but with almost no professional tennis tradition is carrying one of the globe’s biggest diasporas from tournament to tournament.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of diasporas
Noun
  • Gone are the days when the racy content of a show like Love Island USA—where contestants wear next to nothing and more than one has been kicked off for questionable social media posts—would scare advertisers off.
    — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • In his July 10 posts, Gutman explained that a caller shared a name and a badge ID before saying someone was trying to illegally pull money from his bank account.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Definition of posts
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