as in village
a small residential settlement she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born

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Recent Examples of hamlet In Kabul, health officials said rescue teams were struggling to reach remote hamlets in a region long prone to earthquakes and floods. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025 Scarbrough is less than a village, more of a hamlet of twelve, perhaps fifteen houses. Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 For two days each August, a tractor pull, a grassroots motorsport like no other, draws big crowds to a hamlet in Western New York. Brittney Melton, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025 Clarkson, for starters, but also Piers Morgan, Ellen DeGeneres, and the former British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has a home in the hamlet where Vance posted up. Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hamlet
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village
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  • In late 2022, a missile struck Polish territory in the village of Przewodów, near the country’s border with Ukraine, killing two people.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Then, travelers settle on the ship for eight days to visit communities along the Ganges River, such as Matiari, a village known for its brass artisans, and Kalna, home to the astonishing Rajbari temple complex.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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