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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
From these outposts, the soldiers are able to launch their own drones.
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now says that 212 of at least 363 existing outposts in the West Bank were created since 2023.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Brothers and co-owners Chris and John Bicos now carry the family business (under Bicos Hospitality, which also operates Magnolia House, the Original Tops and Taco Social), which has since expanded beyond its original location with outposts in Claremont and Porter Ranch.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
Vast is developing a line of Haven outposts, and Haven-1 is set to be the first in low Earth orbit (LEO).
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 8 June 2026
There will still be outposts across Boston to assist with security and the influx of people.
—Anna Meiler, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Longtime mainstays, like the local outposts of Fellow Barber and Malibu Farm, have decamped; the Di Fara Pizza outpost closed last year.
—Ian Volner, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Vermont Adaptive has outposts at Vermont’s Sugarbush and Pico resorts.
—Cari Shane, USA Today, 29 May 2026
China has spent years expanding military infrastructure across the South China Sea, including radar systems, surveillance networks, air defense systems, and electronic warfare capabilities positioned on artificial islands and outposts.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now says that 212 of at least 363 existing outposts in the West Bank were created since 2023.
—Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Brothers and co-owners Chris and John Bicos now carry the family business (under Bicos Hospitality, which also operates Magnolia House, the Original Tops and Taco Social), which has since expanded beyond its original location with outposts in Claremont and Porter Ranch.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
Vast is developing a line of Haven outposts, and Haven-1 is set to be the first in low Earth orbit (LEO).
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 8 June 2026
There will still be outposts across Boston to assist with security and the influx of people.
—Anna Meiler, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Longtime mainstays, like the local outposts of Fellow Barber and Malibu Farm, have decamped; the Di Fara Pizza outpost closed last year.
—Ian Volner, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Vermont Adaptive has outposts at Vermont’s Sugarbush and Pico resorts.
—Cari Shane, USA Today, 29 May 2026
China has spent years expanding military infrastructure across the South China Sea, including radar systems, surveillance networks, air defense systems, and electronic warfare capabilities positioned on artificial islands and outposts.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outposts
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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
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Inbred eccentrics and bumbling detectives have populated the seaside villages of Bruno Dumont’s absurdist comedies.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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On July 30 the IDF responded with an air strike in Beirut that killed Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who had been involved in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 Apr. 2026
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Just $7 billion of annual settlements on Visa’s platform are made in cryptocurrencies, compared with $14 trillion overall.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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At least nine states have sued Roblox over child safety issues, with three additional states reaching settlements with the company in lieu of lawsuits.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
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The story is a bit murkier than Manichaean talk of stormers and citadels.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Intelsat’s leadership rapidly green-lighted the campaign to set up internet citadels.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The tiny town in upstate New York, which includes hamlets Pine Hill and Phoenicia, has long been a vacation destination for people looking to visit the Catskills, but the balance of things has fallen off in the last half-decade.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
11 June 2026
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Amnesty said its report looked into 27 hamlets and villages in the West Bank where Palestinians were displaced between 2023 and 2025.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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While the Dallas Cowboys wrapped up their final organized team activity workout Thursday in Frisco, wide receiver George Pickens was in South Texas hosting a pair of youth camps in McAllen and Corpus Christi.—
Nick Harris
June 11,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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For the players who hail from across the country to any number of such camps dotted across the land, the aim is to be spotted and noted, to land on the radar in this relentlessly competitive game of recruiting.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Although originally built as a military post housing garrisons sent to quell the Jacobite uprisings, the beautiful town today has a happier purpose.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Even parks created around historic homes, forts, ships, factories, mines or a Cold War missile site tend to be set in some of the Bay Area’s most scenic locations.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
22 Nov. 2025
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During the second half of the nineteenth century, politics and military service often made a large nation feel like a small world, as white men in power repeatedly crossed paths in Washington, DC, on Civil War battlefields, and at frontier forts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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