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From the ancient temples of Egypt and India to entire villages in Turkey and Iran, each structure was chiseled with painstaking precision.
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Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
Travelers can help support Fiji by doing activities like volunteering with local nonprofits to conserve coral reefs or spending time in local villages to learn more about Fijian culture up close.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Each winter, ice highways emerge, making remote villages accessible.
—Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Our resorts, lodges, and glamping sites are located across Tibet and Yunnan Province, China—in or around small villages and historical cultural centers that have been preserved for thousands of years.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The game engine appears to have far more power available to it now, and that power has been devoted to populating towns and villages with double or triple the number of non-player characters.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
The army has stepped up airstrikes in the half of the country that the RSF controls, while the RSF has staged raids on villages and intense artillery strikes.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Christmas villages were popular in Germany and what is now the eastern part of the Czech Republic.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Health workers have begun traveling to villages and informal settlements to help residents prevent malaria.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
Travelers can help support Fiji by doing activities like volunteering with local nonprofits to conserve coral reefs or spending time in local villages to learn more about Fijian culture up close.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Each winter, ice highways emerge, making remote villages accessible.
—Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Our resorts, lodges, and glamping sites are located across Tibet and Yunnan Province, China—in or around small villages and historical cultural centers that have been preserved for thousands of years.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The game engine appears to have far more power available to it now, and that power has been devoted to populating towns and villages with double or triple the number of non-player characters.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
The army has stepped up airstrikes in the half of the country that the RSF controls, while the RSF has staged raids on villages and intense artillery strikes.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Christmas villages were popular in Germany and what is now the eastern part of the Czech Republic.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Health workers have begun traveling to villages and informal settlements to help residents prevent malaria.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Villages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villages. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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