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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
Currently Crisp & Green has locations in 15 states and expects to open 12 to 14 new outposts in 2025.
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Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The mini-chain also operates local outposts in Sunrise, Coral Gables and Miami.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The number of those outposts have expanded by nearly 50% since October 7, according to a joint report shared with CNN by Peace Now and Kerem Navot, two Israeli advocacy groups that oppose settlements and track their development.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
But what defines a true community — as different from a simple base or an outpost — is that a proper settlement must maintain a self-sustaining population.
—Dave S. Brody, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The mini-chain also operates local outposts in Sunrise, Coral Gables and Miami.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
The number of those outposts have expanded by nearly 50% since October 7, according to a joint report shared with CNN by Peace Now and Kerem Navot, two Israeli advocacy groups that oppose settlements and track their development.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
But what defines a true community — as different from a simple base or an outpost — is that a proper settlement must maintain a self-sustaining population.
—Dave S. Brody, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpost
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He was brought to a torture chamber in the nearby village of Balaklia, where many of those detained passed through, prosecutors in the Kharkiv region told ABC News.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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The upcoming installment promises to continue the slice-of-life adventures in the fictional village of Phulera.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Smith denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement terms and the settlement was entered with all parties specifically disclaiming any liability.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The settlement also adds that Google will not interfere with, restrain or coerce workers in the exercise of their rights.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists believe the Incan citadel was built in the 1420s and abandoned sometime in the mid 1500s, around the time Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire.—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Two-year-old Émile Soleil disappeared from his grandparents’ garden in Le Haut-Vernet, a hamlet in the French Alps, in July 2023.—
CNN’s Saskya Vandoorne and Lisa Klaassen,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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These are players whose names wouldn't be on everybody's lips, even three camps ago.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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But don’t be surprised if Miami adds another young quarterback because the Dolphins need an extra arm or two for training camp.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Analysts say that Walmart can use its enormous scale and wide supplier base to keep prices down for customers, even as tariffs raise its costs.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lefkowitz’s base case implies the broad index will end the year marginally in the red, as his current target of 5,800 suggests the benchmark will slide 1.4% in 2025.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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New garrisons have been constructed at the Chinese 655th Brigade in the northeastern Jilin province since October 2020, operating the DF-17 MRBM, according to the think tank.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Russian garrison met them with a swarm of fiber-optic drones—and defeated the attack, sowing the snowy fields around Berdin with the mangled bodies of dead paratroopers.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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During that 20-year period, the British inherited Spanish forts and added a network of seven redoubts—long, earthen mounds—to beef up defenses.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Courtesy of Visit Malta Explore Valletta’s harbor, cathedral, and forts The European Union’s smallest capital, Valletta, does big movie-making business.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Outpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpost. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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