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Recent Examples of hamlet
Nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as part of Virginia’s Piedmont region, Orange is a quiet hamlet of around 5,000 folks that’s within easy driving distance of more populated locales like Charlottesville (20 miles), Richmond (60 miles), and Washington, D.C. (70 miles).
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Mayor Ted aims to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
Joaquin Phoenix plays a small-town sheriff running for mayor who comes up against the progressive incumbent (Pedro Pascal), who is attempting to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Mayor Ted aims to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
Joaquin Phoenix plays a small-town sheriff running for mayor who comes up against the progressive incumbent (Pedro Pascal), who is attempting to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamlet
village
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Inviting locations include the coastal villages of Dingle and Tralee in the southwest, the coastal city of Waterford in the southeast, and the Dublin suburb of Bray.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Everything is peaches and cream in Smurfs village, where the beloved Smurfette (voiced by Rihanna) lives, until the evil Gargamel takes Papa Smurf (John Goodman).—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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