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something that provides protection or relief from weather or outside dangers
Her study was an oasis of quiet in her otherwise chaotic home.
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Recent Examples of oases
The old caravan routes traced the shortest distance between oases, and the Memory Road does the same today, albeit on asphalt.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
When any of the more than 4,000 palm trees on property get older, and age out of their prime from a landscaping point of view, they can be relocated to one of three desert oases on the property.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
In the years following, a handful of new parks — most notably, Klyde Warren — created attractive oases within and adjacent to the downtown core.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
Europe is packed with these urban oases, and along with a taste for lattes and tapas, Americans are increasingly hungry for Italian piazzas, Spanish plazas, French places, and similar squares around the globe.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
As secluded, hidden oases throughout the city, the secret spots are surrounded by walls that create large flowerpots, and which are filled with soil that won’t kill the plants, unlike the salt-rich Venetian dirt.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
Kathy Wang’s The Satisfaction Cafe, and Robert Seethaler’s The Cafe With No Name, translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire, each center scrappy protagonists who wind up making oases despite unlucky lots.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Fossil examination using CT scans The Wadisuchus kassabi fossils were found near the Kharga and Baris oases in Egypt’s Western Desert.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
When any of the more than 4,000 palm trees on property get older, and age out of their prime from a landscaping point of view, they can be relocated to one of three desert oases on the property.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
In the years following, a handful of new parks — most notably, Klyde Warren — created attractive oases within and adjacent to the downtown core.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
Europe is packed with these urban oases, and along with a taste for lattes and tapas, Americans are increasingly hungry for Italian piazzas, Spanish plazas, French places, and similar squares around the globe.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The book’s occasional oases of self-examination are surrounded by dusty expanses of omission and unconcern.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
As secluded, hidden oases throughout the city, the secret spots are surrounded by walls that create large flowerpots, and which are filled with soil that won’t kill the plants, unlike the salt-rich Venetian dirt.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
Kathy Wang’s The Satisfaction Cafe, and Robert Seethaler’s The Cafe With No Name, translated from the German by Katy Derbyshire, each center scrappy protagonists who wind up making oases despite unlucky lots.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Fossil examination using CT scans The Wadisuchus kassabi fossils were found near the Kharga and Baris oases in Egypt’s Western Desert.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oases
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Frette is another name in Italian linens to know that’s been decorating iconic Mediterranean interiors since 1860, including the abodes of actual royalty.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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The standouts, though, are that trio of secluded abodes.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2026
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Why perpetuate this problem in city parks — our best refuges from the danger, noise and congestion of city streets?—
Jon Orcutt,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Aire Ancient Baths A subterranean theater of candlelit pools and vaulted brick, Aire remains one of the city’s few strictly phone-and-camera-free refuges.—
Amy Louise Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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That brightening would affect the entire planet, including remote locations that are now considered dark sky sanctuaries, where astronomers build their sky-observing machines.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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The immediate trigger lies in Pakistan’s growing concern over cross-border militant activity, particularly from groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which Islamabad believes operate from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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The rooms Packed with personality and thoughtful details of Boholano heritage, guest spaces are havens of warm wood and handicrafts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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The state of truth, the impact of AI, and the fight to create safe havens for independent voices are among the hot-button issues in focus at this year’s 18th edition.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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For example, sociologist Erving Goffman showed that the way care is structured in asylums shaped how patients are treated.—
Jennifer Singh,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Such a light as this should shine only on murders and public crime, or along the corridors of lunatic asylums.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Brilliant blue waves meet a sensational crescent of white sand at Salt Whistle Bay, one of the most stunning anchorages in the southeastern Caribbean.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sailing aboard a small ship with just 36 passengers, the voyage moves between islands and along remote coastlines, accessing sea caves, marine sanctuaries, and quiet anchorages that large cruise ships simply cannot reach.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Dec. 2025
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Aid workers in Lebanon spoke with ABC News about overcrowded conditions at shelters, women and children being disproportionately affected, and the need for psychosocial support.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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To compensate for the lack of bomb shelters and safe rooms in residential housing, Noori said Iranian authorities designated 82 metro stations and 300 parking garages in Tehran as shelters for the people.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The state port authority has argued the project is existentially necessary to keep the Wilmington port competitive in an era of larger ships, heavier loads and deeper harbors.—
Patrick Sisson,
Scientific American,
9 Mar. 2026
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Today, the towns of Vis and Komiza house harbors, stone houses, narrow streets, and a coastal lifestyle known locally as pomalo.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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