Thesaurus results for OUTPOST

outpost

noun

Definition of outpost

as in village

a small place where people live that is far away from other towns or cities They lived in a remote outpost high in the mountains.

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a military facility that is in another country or that is far from a country's center of activity It took about a month for mail to reach the soldiers at the outpost.

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Recent Examples of outpost The outpost may resemble something of a rudimentary city on the moon. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Cultivate by Forbidden Root This is the second outpost of Forbidden Root, Chicago’s first botanical brewery. — Midwest Living, 1 July 2026 Scammers from at least 13 of these outposts used Starlink IP addresses to get online between early March and the end of May, an AP analysis of device and satellite data from International Justice Mission shows. — ABC News, 30 June 2026 These outposts were intended to be manned by British seamen armed with antiaircraft weaponry. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for outpost

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Noun

The trailer finds the film’s protagonists alternately hunting or fleeing the vicious creature — or creatures — through a tattered town known as Hope Harbor, a remote coastal village near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in South Korea.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
Lindgren’s grandfather is the late Phil Simmons, who was one of the founders of the village’s Operation Playground Foundation and helped secure money for the current Fort Frankfort project.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of village

Noun

The five-member Board of Supervisors is charged with approving settlements with the families of people who die or are injured in county jails.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Key to the settlement was the notion that detainees who work voluntarily in immigration detention facilities are employees.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of settlement

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One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
Paton, 52, was in Peru with his wife to hike the Inca Trail, a popular route that ends at Machu Picchu, a citadel built by the Incas in the 15th century.

— Sam Peters, CNN Money, 22 May 2026

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Their Victorian house looks preposterous in this dusty hamlet.

— Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
In Umbria, there’s the medieval hamlet of Solomeo, where Brunello Cucinelli’s luxury empire is headquartered across an array of historic buildings, including a library, a theater, and its very own vineyard.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 June 2026

Definition of hamlet

Noun

Photos of wallets, textiles, sports equipment, photos, jewelry, signs, flags, quilts, stuffies, toys and camp trunks filled the page as strangers banded together in the comments sections, tagging potential rightful owners or friends with any leads.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Minnesota will descend on Las Vegas this week for NBA Summer League, with top draft picks and others simply fighting for a spot in an NBA training camp dueling it out over the course of a week-plus in Nevada.

— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 July 2026

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Because these positions are often held by relatively small Ukrainian garrisons due to the challenges of resupply, Russian forces that reach the town in sufficient numbers are likely to capture it.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Furthermore, clinical skills are degrading at garrison hospitals.

— Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026

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