exclaves

noun

Definition of exclavesnext
plural of exclave
as in outposts

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  1. outposts
  2. territories
  3. colonies
  4. plantations
Noun
  • Many of the outposts were home to the most extreme of all settlers.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Yet the outposts were mere dots on hilltops, and the settler movement’s leaders and government backers feared that the settlement project still lacked control of the countryside.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of outposts
Noun
  • Key territories and regional headquarters have fallen to resistance forces.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Canada’s northern territories deliver this and more.
    Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of territories
Noun
  • In the 1600s, the Alkmaar market traded millions of pounds of cheese, exporting it throughout Europe and European colonies.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • California vowed to shut down colonies where hundreds of captive dogs supply blood for veterinary care.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of colonies
Noun
  • The last time the price for arabica beans, the world’s most popular variety, traded that high was in 1977 when snow destroyed large areas of Brazilian plantations.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Fiji’s cotton plantations rapidly declined in the early 1870s due to the industry’s resurgence in the American South.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of plantations
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