as in village
a small residential settlement she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born

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Recent Examples of hamlet The liveliness extends to the villages as the Cinque Terre Express trains bring a consistent stream of travelers excited to explore each hamlet’s personality. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 17 June 2025 And while the epicenter of this movement is in Hardwick, Vermont – a town of 1,000 people that has transformed itself from a hardscrabble rural hamlet into a mecca of food and sustainability – the impacts go well beyond it. Riley Robinson, Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2025 The property is not far from where the singer grew up in the nearby Oyster Bay hamlet of Hicksville. Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025 Once bustling with foot traffic and feudal drama, this ancient trail is now a quiet ribbon winding through forested hills and rural hamlets, far from Japan’s well-trodden tourist paths. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hamlet
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village
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  • The surge in the village of Ruidoso, New Mexico, follows the deadly flooding in Texas, where authorities recently reported more than 160 people missing in the aftermath of catastrophic storms.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • The outlet reported, citing the village’s website, that Rudioso is susceptible to flash flooding due to the mountainous terrain surrounding it and burn scars can make the flooding worse.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 9 July 2025

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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlet. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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