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Recent Examples of hamlets
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.
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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
Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
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
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
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
Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
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
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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These included the Montaukett, Shinnecock, and Matinecock people, who had lived in semi-permanent villages and hunted, fished, and farmed on the island for centuries.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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As part of their Wild Wellness offerings, guests can head out early in the morning for a two-hour hike through rice paddies and villages, or a fifteen-minute safari-style ride to deserted Nihioka Beach, where the resort owns a secluded cliffside spa on 100 acres of land.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Hamlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlets. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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