Thesaurus results for ENCLAVE

enclave

noun

as in district

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 on the Web More than 42,000 Palestinian people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, according to the local Health Ministry, while 101 people abducted from Israel are believed to remain hostages of Hamas in the enclave. —

Ece Yildirim,ruxandra Iordache,natasha Turak, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024 Over in the city’s posh Belgravia enclave, Cara Delevingne’s childhood home, which hit the market in May for $30 million, hides an underground movie theater, a bespoke cocktail bar, a gym, and a catering kitchen. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, 84-year-old Oded Lifschitz, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 last year by Hamas militants, is still being held hostage in the enclave. —

Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024 Only about 40 truckloads entered the coastal enclave on a single recent day. —

Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for enclave

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