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
But the gambling oasis may have found a savior.
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Café Kappeli, an Old World oasis of pastry and relaxation, sits proudly at the harbor’s edge.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
For many, The Sanderling, located on Currituck Sound, is the epitome of rejuvenation, providing a private coastal oasis that immediately delivers the daily grind mentality into a coastal state of mind.
—Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
But past the tidy front garden, Avery-Kimball's backyard opens into a lush and slightly unruly native oasis.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 8 June 2026
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Café Kappeli, an Old World oasis of pastry and relaxation, sits proudly at the harbor’s edge.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
For many, The Sanderling, located on Currituck Sound, is the epitome of rejuvenation, providing a private coastal oasis that immediately delivers the daily grind mentality into a coastal state of mind.
—Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
But past the tidy front garden, Avery-Kimball's backyard opens into a lush and slightly unruly native oasis.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oasis
Noun
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Wardrobe trunks such as the one on offer played a specific role in life at court, carrying garments, linens, and other personal effects from one royal residence to another as monarchs switch up their abode based on the season—from, say, residences like Palaces of Fontainebleau.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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For the World Cup, La Boheme will be playing all the matches on two large TVs in its indoor/outdoor abode.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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From the pine forests and black swamps to the marsh flats and on to the Gulf, the refuge burgeons with life in ways hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there.—
Jeff VanderMeer,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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Pitcairn is well-known as the island on which Fletcher Christian and other British mutineers from the HMS Bounty took refuge after the 1789 events that toppled Capt.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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This space is a quiet sanctuary for a bride on a deeply sacred occasion.—
Jayne Yutig,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Animal rights groups had sought to have the elephants moved to a sanctuary.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
Noun
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That experience captures the tension at the heart of the wellness retreat boom.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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The solicitation marks a retreat in quantity but an upgrade in quality.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Two buildings at the Animal Protective League shelter in Springfield were heavily damaged, but none of the nearly 150 cats and 28 dogs housed there were injured, said Deana Corbin, the group's executive director.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The audit reviewed 14 shelters that hosted 8,885 stays and identified gaps in how the city collects data and measures success.—
Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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What to See Each anchorage in the Whitsundays has something to offer.—
Suzy Mercien-Ferol,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Dec. 2025
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The blaze was contained in the early hours of Saturday morning before the vessel was moved to an anchorage roughly one mile from the shore.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Nov. 2025
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Wilber, who had turned 18 in August, was now an adult and no longer counted under his mother’s asylum case, the agent said.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Six of the players were given Australian humanitarian visas, but five quickly withdrew their claims for asylum and the women then sang the anthem at their following games.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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On a Saturday afternoon in Nuuk, Greenland, last March, a thousand people walked down toward the harbor, to a small red cabin that bore the Great Seal of the United States—an eagle grasping an olive branch in one foot and thirteen arrows in the other.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Baltimore is best known for its maritime history and lively harbor, with plenty to see and do, from the National Aquarium to the cobblestone streets and waterfront views of Fell's Point.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
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“Oasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oasis. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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