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as in village
a small place where people live that is far away from other towns or cities
They lived in a remote outpost high in the mountains.
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as in barracks
a military facility that is in another country or that is far from a country's center of activity
It took about a month for mail to reach the soldiers at the outpost.
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Recent Examples of outpost
The Syrian outpost bolstered its presence in the Black Sea, expanding commercial trade, and has served as key tool for its military power projection.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Desert military outpost with strategic sniper points near a radar dish.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
These are features that California daydreams are made of, and this emergent scene is luring visitors to an outpost 70 miles southeast of downtown San Diego.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
When Reuss was a small child, his family moved from Dolina to Vienna along with hundreds of thousands of other immigrants from the empire’s distant outposts, all landing in the imperial metropolis as the 19th century came to a close.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Desert military outpost with strategic sniper points near a radar dish.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
These are features that California daydreams are made of, and this emergent scene is luring visitors to an outpost 70 miles southeast of downtown San Diego.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
When Reuss was a small child, his family moved from Dolina to Vienna along with hundreds of thousands of other immigrants from the empire’s distant outposts, all landing in the imperial metropolis as the 19th century came to a close.
—Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpost
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The village is part of the Town of Warwick, which said in a statement that voluntary evacuations were in effect for residents along one road, power was shut off as a precaution during a prescribed burn, and another key road was restricted to a single lane for residents.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Since then, the village has also undergone a major expansion.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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There's only one week left to file a claim in the Cash App class-action settlement.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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The company disclosed a gain of $46.0 million from a litigation settlement with AviaGames, impacting the financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Overlooking the town and the main beach is Riva Castle, a 1,500-year-old Byzantine citadel.Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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An archeological site, which now sprawls across the citadel grounds, reveals a wealth of relics from the former seat of power.Chris Humphrey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Even Winston Churchill, who developed a flair for painting in the South of France, fell for the charms of this fairytale hamlet: it is widely believed that a canvas depicting a street corner with a fountain was painted by the statesman here in the mid-1940s.Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The area has long been divided between the liberal university town of State College, which anchors the region, and the conservative hamlets that surround it.Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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The killing is the 72nd homicide investigated by Oakland police this year, and the first since Sept. 28 when a 32-year-old man suffered fatal gunshot wounds at a homeless camp in the 600 block of 29th Street in West Oakland.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Border Patrol picks up a group of asylum-seekers from an aid camp at the U.S.-Mexico border near Sasabe, Ariz., on March 13.Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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After Trump’s resounding victory in the Republican primary, the question was whether Trump would enter a downward spiral of grievance, intolerance, xenophobia, and conspiracy theorizing or try to broaden his base with a positive focus on economic growth and national strength.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Despite being Apple's most affordable computer when configured with the base M4 chip (at just $599), the Mac mini can scale up to challenge, in some ways, some of the best desktops and even some full-size workstations.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Eight years later, in the early months of Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine, the rebuilt battalion joined the garrison in Mariupol on the Black Sea coast.David Axe, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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To put China’s naval capabilities in perspective, consider that the United States captured Okinawa in 1945 from a Japanese garrison that was roughly the size of Taiwan’s current active army with a fleet weighing 2.4 million tons and supported by 22 carriers, 18 battleships, and 29 cruisers.Rachel Esplin Odell, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2021
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There is also a string of water parks lavishly-themed to a desert fort, an oasis and Aztec temples.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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The city dismantled the fort in 2016 after significant pressure from the California Coastal Commission.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Outpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpost. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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