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 From these outposts, the soldiers are able to launch their own drones. —

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

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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