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Recent Examples of villages
Emergency Lawyers, an independent group documenting atrocities in Sudan, said RSF fighters torched many houses in the town, forcing people to flee to nearby villages.
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ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Sponsors organized hair and makeup sessions in the Olympic villages, which went through an average of 365 kilograms of pasta and 10,000 eggs a day.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
About the size of a 20-foot shipping container, these units can be deployed to islands hit by hurricanes or to remote desert villages.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
But the arrangement also meant tiny villages in the Alps weren't totally overrun with mobs of people.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
Just five months later, Kipnuk was among several villages hit by disastrous storm surge and flooding when Typhoon Halong battered the remote Alaskan coast in October 2025.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
From the circular world of sound with its round huts and round villages, people move, over time, toward linear, cause and effect thinking, grid-like cities, and a one thing at a time and one thing after another world that mimics the linear lines of writing and type.
—Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Other beaches, wildlife preserves, and fishing villages will beckon you along the way, turning the 133-mile trip from Astoria into a full day.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
This was a promising planning effort begun in 2002 to direct growth into compact and vibrant mixed-use villages in urbanized communities.
—Nico Calavita, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Sponsors organized hair and makeup sessions in the Olympic villages, which went through an average of 365 kilograms of pasta and 10,000 eggs a day.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
About the size of a 20-foot shipping container, these units can be deployed to islands hit by hurricanes or to remote desert villages.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
But the arrangement also meant tiny villages in the Alps weren't totally overrun with mobs of people.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
Just five months later, Kipnuk was among several villages hit by disastrous storm surge and flooding when Typhoon Halong battered the remote Alaskan coast in October 2025.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
From the circular world of sound with its round huts and round villages, people move, over time, toward linear, cause and effect thinking, grid-like cities, and a one thing at a time and one thing after another world that mimics the linear lines of writing and type.
—Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026
Other beaches, wildlife preserves, and fishing villages will beckon you along the way, turning the 133-mile trip from Astoria into a full day.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
This was a promising planning effort begun in 2002 to direct growth into compact and vibrant mixed-use villages in urbanized communities.
—Nico Calavita, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villages
hamlets
Noun
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Here are our 7 favorite small adventure towns around the world, from coastal enclaves to alpine hamlets.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
7 Jan. 2026
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Several small hamlets have been renovated into luxury hotels, such as Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Villages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villages. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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