oasis

noun

Definition of oasisnext
as in abode
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 oasis Sleeping Figure is now permanently installed in Marfa, the West Texas art oasis built up by Donald Judd. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026 Tucked into what was once a divey motel and is now the rehabbed Best Bet Motor Lodge, the Reno Sauna Club is an oasis of cool. — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The sibling park to Silver Dollar City amusement park, this 13-acre seasonal oasis near Branson boasts a 500,000-gallon wave pool, slides, lazy rivers, splash pads, and more. — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 The hotel is an oasis amid the city’s bustle and feels like an appropriate place for Liverpool’s chief executive Billy Hogan to pause for breath and take stock of an intriguing few days for the club. — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for oasis
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oasis
  1. abode
  2. refuge
  3. sanctuary
  4. retreat
  5. shelter
  6. anchorage
  7. asylum
  8. harbor
Noun
  • The Married with Children actress and Sons of Anarchy creator opened the doors to their historic 1923 English estate-style abode located in Hollywood Hills in a recent tour with Architectural Digest.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • While Hemingway never commented about Catcher publicly, he was said to have stored a dog-eared copy of the novel, personalized by Salinger, in his beloved Havana abode.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of abode
Noun
  • And in Oahu, officials opened eight hurricane refuge areas as public facilities like the Honolulu Zoo shuttered.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • An era before automation and platform economics reads, for a generation with this profile, as a psychological refuge.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of refuge
Noun
  • Humane Indiana’s wildlife sanctuary in Valparaiso said in a Facebook post that staff could hear trees coming down on the property as storms rolled in Tuesday.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • This impending surge in lunar traffic makes time-sensitive missions like CosmoCube crucial to capturing the universe’s earliest faint signals before the quietest sanctuary in the solar system becomes noisy.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of sanctuary
Noun
  • Websites for ayahuasca retreats highlight the emotional and spiritual benefits of the nonstop vomiting that comes from ingesting the plant mixture.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Fireplace Shangri-la room is your own personal retreat, complete with an oversized soaking tub (big enough for even a tall girl like myself to enjoy) and separate shower.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of retreat
Noun
  • Residents in five municipalities in eastern Latvia were warned about the threat to airspace and told to take shelter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Astronauts hiding in the shelter wouldn’t be able to move around or perform mission operations.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of shelter
Noun
  • As of Saturday, there were 67 vessels at anchorage at the Shanghai and Ningbo ports, along with 19 ships berthed at the hubs—amounting to more than 687,500 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in queue, compared to just above 96,500 TEUs at the ports.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Beautiful anchorages aside, her sundeck is the place to be for the solar eclipse, with generous sun pads, a sheltered Jacuzzi and glass windbreak creating uninterrupted sightlines.
    — Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of anchorage
Noun
  • Lineker was also known for voicing his opinions on political and social issues, particularly the United Kingdom’s immigration and asylum policies.
    — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Leiva’s asylum appeal had been denied by a federal judge, ordering her removed.
    — Jake Shore, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of asylum
Noun
  • The location is incredible, just in the middle of the harbor, and the setting is so elegant and authentic, with amazing old sailboat models.
    — Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Saturday’s tour was for 13 passengers for a trip around the harbor near the Statue of Liberty, arranged through the tour operator for $1,800, the complaint said.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of harbor

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