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Recent Examples of hamlets
In Kabul, health officials said rescue teams were struggling to reach remote hamlets in a region long prone to earthquakes and floods.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
This high-latitude arc on a Viking ocean ship strings together fjords, fishing hamlets, and wild islands.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’s some 2 million homes in high-risk wildfire areas subject to Zone Zero located in ecosystems that range from mountain woodland hamlets to lushly landscaped coastal cities.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
This high-latitude arc on a Viking ocean ship strings together fjords, fishing hamlets, and wild islands.
—Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’s some 2 million homes in high-risk wildfire areas subject to Zone Zero located in ecosystems that range from mountain woodland hamlets to lushly landscaped coastal cities.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamlets
villages
Noun
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Both villages want to replace the mall with mixed-use developments.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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The two initial quakes flattened villages in both provinces, destroying more than 6,700 homes, and rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble on Thursday.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hamlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlets. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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