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an area with people who are different in some way from the people in the areas around it
The city has a large Chinese enclave. one of the city's wealthy enclaves
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Recent Examples of enclave
Many were kidnapped from their kibbutz communities — and from a techno music festival — near the Palestinian enclave.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
The start of the ceasefire will be a reprieve for Gazans who have endured 15 months of relentless Israeli strikes, which have reduced much of the enclave to rubble.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Israel’s military has decimated Gaza, pulverizing much of the enclave’s infrastructure over the last 15 months.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanised Gaza, killed over 46,000 people, and displaced most of the tiny enclave's pre-war population of 2.3 million, according to Gaza authorities.
—Andrew Mills, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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Npr Staff, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
The start of the ceasefire will be a reprieve for Gazans who have endured 15 months of relentless Israeli strikes, which have reduced much of the enclave to rubble.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Israel’s military has decimated Gaza, pulverizing much of the enclave’s infrastructure over the last 15 months.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Jan. 2025
If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting that has razed much of heavily urbanised Gaza, killed over 46,000 people, and displaced most of the tiny enclave's pre-war population of 2.3 million, according to Gaza authorities.
—Andrew Mills, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Enclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclave. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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