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 Nazareth was considered an extension of the larger village of Japha, a kind of hamlet within Japha’s city borders. Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025 Yet Massie’s partnership with Paul could pay off anyway, in a district that hugs the Ohio River and includes the Cincinnati suburbs and tiny hamlets like Mount Olivet. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025 One is to take a round-trip boat cruise across it, passing lakeside hamlets and villages atop steep mountainsides. AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025 The main road is one lane, and the level of toxins that surround my little hamlet of standing houses is very worrisome. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hamlet
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village
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  • In the nearby village of Burin, Israeli and foreign activists were injured including off-duty Israeli army reservist Yuval Ben Ari.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Back in Iran, Ershadi’s more recent films have spanned female racing driver drama Lelah; mountain village tale Mahoor and posthumous credit The Hill of Kites.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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