Thesaurus results for OUTPOSTS

outposts

noun

plural of outpost

as in villages

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 outposts Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements. —

Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements. —

Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 The service The service is maybe a touch more reverential than other Four Seasons outposts, but interactions are warm and friendly. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026 Some would eventually be moved to a cruise ship rented by the government, while others were stationed at nondescript military outposts that sprung up in the barren hills around the edges of Nuuk. —

Joshua Hunt, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026 According to a report from The War Zone, the craft would be particularly useful in resupplying remote island bases in the South China Sea, border outposts, and amphibious operations. —

Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026 These personalities are seen as critical in an era when a younger generation gets more of its information and news from non-traditional media venues, and less from TV — especially as CNN and its rivals work to establish their own new-media outposts. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 June 2026 Clark was reminded that her WNBA debut came at Mohegan Sun, on May 14, 2024, that whatever the inconveniences there are in playing at the casino, away from big cities, there are also a couple of Krispy Kreme outposts on site. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026 Russia has deployed numerous teams in this manner, gradually scattering outposts throughout the kill zone. —

Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

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This month, Aseer launched its summer season — a companion to the Riyadh Season entertainment festival and the Diriyah Season’s culture fixtures in the cooler months — aiming to draw more than 3 million visitors with 122 events across its highland villages.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Bruno Dumont’s absurdist comedies.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026