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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as in barracks

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 In 2020 Haynes was tapped by Zwirner to create and oversee TriBeCa outpost 52 Walker. — News Desk, Artforum, 29 Oct. 2026 The ice could be converted into both oxygen to breath as well as rocket fuel to support a permanent lunar outpost. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 The popular chicken finger chain is headed to Pineville, with plans to build a new outpost at Carolina Place from the ground up, Mecklenburg County records show. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026 The Hyatt outpost has just unveiled its new hotel in Rome, its first venture in the city and one of many new locales to pop up on the scene there as of late. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outpost

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Noun

Farther south, head to the seaside village of La Parguera, a short boat ride from one of the island's three bioluminescent bays.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
After nearly 14 years representing the 84th District in the Illinois House, the Oswego resident has filed her petition to run for village trustee in her hometown in next spring’s election.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of village

Noun

Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.

— Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of barracks

Noun

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir cast his vote at a polling station in Kiryat Arba, a settlement in the occupied West Bank.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
In new measures, the army said most Palestinian workers with permits will not be allowed to enter Israeli West Bank settlements on Sunday and Monday, and crossings into Israel will remain closed until after Israel's elections on Tuesday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of settlement

Noun

And yet Trump wants to turn the White House and an outpost on the Potomac into similar citadels, with little regard for why America’s capital city was named for one of its greatest examples of unadorned republican virtue.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Castellón To the north, Castellón unfolds as a mountainous marvel where medieval citadels, golden beaches, and tiny fishing villages create a landscape of contrasts, with the scent of citrus perfuming the air.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of citadel

Noun

Tucked along the riverbank beside quiet hamlets, andBeyond Punakha River Lodge offers an uncommon sense of complete seclusion.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Clever and ambitious, Debicki’s snob is itching for an excuse to leave this hamlet for the city.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hamlet

Noun

And the scant records around the outrageous boondoggle that poured more than $1 billion into a hellhole immigrant-detention camp in the Everglades point to him as the key engineer.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
May and Spoelstra developed a friendship during May’s time in Boca Raton, with the Heat holding several training camps at FAU while May was coaching there.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of camp

Noun

Powder hounds got a new reason to cheer when Gravity Haus, a 60-room ski-in/ski-out boutique hotel, opened in 2019 at the base of Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak 9.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
Matsui, meanwhile, has tried to carefully navigate keeping her moderate Democrat base while appealing to Republicans who might view Vang as too liberal for the district.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of base

Noun

The island has hosted a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison since 2016, while Tokyo has plans to add additional air-defense capabilities in the coming years.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The garrison’s enormous flag was waving on its flagpole, some 90 feet high—a clear signal that the American fort had survived the Battle of Baltimore.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 11, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

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