How to Use enclave in a Sentence

enclave

noun
Definition of enclavenext
Synonyms for enclavenext
  • All of them are here to see one of the world’s most contentious enclaves.
    — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Most of those in Rafah have moved there to avoid fighting elsewhere in the enclave.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The immensity of the Sinai Desert forced the survivors to remain in the enclave.
    — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But in enclaves where the thuds of artillery serve as white noise, war is never far away.
    — Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The chic enclave even hosted a Louis Vuitton menswear show last year.
    — Peter Neville-Hadley, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • News of the sandy enclave, at odds with the rocky outcrops of Portofino and Amalfi, quickly spread.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Adding to Gazans’ woes, doctors last week detected the first case of polio in the enclave in 25 years.
    — Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • At that point Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in northern Gaza.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • Though constructed as one project in a short time frame, LIND has the feel of an enclave that matured over decades.
    — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022
  • Even so, self-driving cars have found themselves a little enclave in the Bay Area.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in Northern Gaza.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • Ceuta, a tiny Spanish enclave at the tip of North Africa, has emerged as a new hub for Russian crude oil trade.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The piece of land sits in Bal Harbour, an affluent enclave.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Read on to learn why this Dominica enclave continues to top the list.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • The dilemma is that if Google or Meta or even Apple does have the keys, as used to be the case, then the end-to-end encryption enclave falls away.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The operation had a high toll on Gazans in the area, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
    — Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • Only a few dozen Black residents still live in the enclave of modest homes along dirt roads.
    — Sharon Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Israel had tens of thousands of soldiers in the Palestinian enclave at the height of the war, the outlet reported.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The agency, one of the largest employers in the enclave, has been a vital lifeline for Palestinians in Gaza for decades.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Any breaks in the end-to-end encrypted enclave change it completely.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • But this enclave of palm trees and ramblers is different.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This has created an awkward clash in the West Maui resort enclave of Kā’anapali.
    — Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
  • There are remnants of Roman roads and an old Roman enclave from thousands of years ago.
    — April Long, Town & Country, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Mountain Brook is the wealthiest enclave in the state of Alabama.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The ramming took place near the ultraorthodox Israeli enclave of Ramot in East Jerusalem.
    — Aaron Boxerman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The world slows down, the light begins to dip behind the crown of the brownstones across the street—and for at least a few moments, there is no world outside of the stoop’s magical enclave.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
  • For nearly two decades, the terrorist group has maintained an iron grip on its coastal enclave.
    — Sean Durns, National Review, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Glendale is an enclave surrounded by the city of Denver.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The campaign has displaced nearly the entire population and left much of the enclave in ruins.
    — Joshua McElwee, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Much of the Palestinian enclave has been destroyed and a majority of the population driven from their homes.
    — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024

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