Thesaurus results for OASES

oases

noun

plural of oasis

as in abodes

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 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 The local oases would be disrupted, but the new sea would dramatically increase the economic potential of the region. —

Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025

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Noun

The standouts, though, are that trio of secluded abodes.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2026
Flying into Nepal is something more and more travelers are doing as parts of the region open up to tourism and exciting new hotels like the Shinta Mani Mustang cut their ribbons, offering luxe abodes where intrepid trekkers can rest in comfort.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026