village

as in hamlet
a small residential settlement we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village

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Recent Examples of village The contingent of soldiers and scientists covered a roughly 80-mile route through modern-day Arunachal Pradesh, punishing local villages for the murder of a British officer while also collecting thousands of plant and animal samples. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025 India evacuates thousands of people from villages near the highly militarized frontier in the Kashmir region. Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025 Where to watch: Peacock 'The Damned' In the freaky psychological horror tale, a 19th-century widow (Odessa Young) heads up a remote fishing village in the Arctic. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 May 2025 Addressing social media use in teens will take a village, and AI could be part of but not the whole solution. Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for village
Recent Examples of Synonyms for village
hamlet
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  • Pope Leo was born in Chicago but grew up in this tiny hamlet in the 1960s.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • But in mountain towns, seaside hamlets and centuries-old villages, the penthouse sits closer to earth yet no less aloft in spirit.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

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“Village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/village. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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