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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 development will ultimately include a Six Senses resort (opening in 2027), 200 homes, an outpost of Basil’s Bar from Mustique, and a wine bar stocked with blue chip labels.
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Florida Welcome Center – I-95 (Jacksonville), Florida A benchmark for all welcome centers, Florida’s I-95 outpost rolls out the red carpet.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
This international folk horror co-production stars Odessa Young as Eva, a widow struggling to survive in a bleak 19th century fishing outpost in the Arctic.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 May 2025
China currently maintains two overseas military outposts, one located in Djibouti near the Red Sea and another located in Cambodia on the South China Sea, which opened last month.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Florida Welcome Center – I-95 (Jacksonville), Florida A benchmark for all welcome centers, Florida’s I-95 outpost rolls out the red carpet.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
This international folk horror co-production stars Odessa Young as Eva, a widow struggling to survive in a bleak 19th century fishing outpost in the Arctic.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 May 2025
China currently maintains two overseas military outposts, one located in Djibouti near the Red Sea and another located in Cambodia on the South China Sea, which opened last month.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outpost
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The Isle of Berk is a Viking-sized village set during the golden age of harmony between Vikings and dragons (think between the second and third movie).—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The contingent of soldiers and scientists covered a roughly 80-mile route through modern-day Arunachal Pradesh, punishing local villages for the murder of a British officer while also collecting thousands of plant and animal samples.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The news of Ventura’s settlement with InterContinental came as a shock to the courtroom, with many people in the overflow room audibly gasping and wondering why the prosecution did not introduce the settlement in their initial questioning.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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The company also reached settlements with at least 20 other states.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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The 15th-century Inca citadel may be a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a modern wonder of the world, visited by more than 1.4 million people last year, but there are many ways to experience it.—
Forbes Staff,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Named after its placement on the citadel mound of Kuyunjik, the North Palace is thought to have been completed around 643 BCE—and then burnt down not long after, in 612 BCE, when Nineveh was sacked by the Babylonians.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Pope Leo was born in Chicago but grew up in this tiny hamlet in the 1960s.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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But in mountain towns, seaside hamlets and centuries-old villages, the penthouse sits closer to earth yet no less aloft in spirit.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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That means all other Africans who have waited in refugee camps for years after being vetted and cleared must step back and wait even longer for their uncertain futures to play out, as white South Africans get ushered through the express lane.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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This all-boys camp knows all about classic summers.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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The rest of the installment was apparently taken after it was sawed off from its base at the ankles.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Attendance is expected to sag below original expectations, which may, in fact, be viewed as a win for a regime that is constantly stoking its base with culture-war rot that exploits division for political gain.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 May 2025
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Qatar has spent billions of dollars to support a garrison of 10,000 U.S. troops at its Al Udeid air base, the largest American bastion in the Middle East.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The 10,000-strong Ukrainian garrison in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast is in trouble.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Eakin: The DGA Disability alt co-chair fosters hope for the future of accessible filmmaking. Between polishing scripts and holding the fort on set, writer-director Ashley Eakin also serves as alt co-chair on the DGA’s Disability Committee.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
18 May 2025
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What had started as little more than a fort, and then a fur-trade outpost, chartered in 1837 with a population of a few thousand, Durica explained, had become the fifth-largest city in the world by 1900.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Outpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpost. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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