How to Use outpost in a Sentence
outpost
noun- The city was established as a military outpost in the 1800s.
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The school, which the IDF said was used as a Hamas outpost, was about a mile from the border fence.
— Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Ralph’s The terrace at the Ralph’s outpost in Paris (one of five locations around the world).
— Jade Simon, Vogue, 21 June 2024 -
There's no need for a quick jaunt to Paris now that Fouquet's has opened its New York outpost.
— Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023 -
The airy and style-forward restaurant is the second outpost of the brand, which first launched in Camden in 2005.
— Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022 -
Kennedy Sanders was killed in a drone attack on a U.S. outpost in Jordan.
— Kenny Holston, New York Times, 27 May 2024 -
The first is the eponymous Fouquet’s, the second outpost of the beloved Parisian brasserie that initially opened in 1899.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2022 -
The settlers had decided to return and camp in the outpost.
— Fox News, 27 Feb. 2023 -
That killing, which is unsolved, prompted Funai to add armed guards to its outpost on the Itaquaí.
— New York Times, 1 July 2022 -
These outposts can be used to help counter and fight the U.S. and its allies, for example, in a war over Taiwan.
— Krista Wiegand, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2023 -
With each week, the junta’s forces abandon more outposts.
— Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024 -
The base is intended to be the first outpost on the moon’s South Pole, an area scientists think is the best place to find water.
— Selina Xu, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2022 -
The new outpost retains the same warm woods as its original Marais store, opened last year, and takes cues from the brand’s workshop.
— Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024 -
Centuries passed, the outpost grew, and by the early 1800s Bangkok had taken its modern form.
— Jenny Adams, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2023 -
The second outpost of the iconic French café just opened in the courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine (more on that below!).
— Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 6 Sep. 2022 -
Pinon is a dusty outpost of just over a thousand residents.
— Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022 -
The middle-aged kids want Dwight to open up a crime outpost in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
— Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Chris Arellanes, the grilling master behind Kyu, will open his fourth outpost here.
— David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023 -
The outpost will come into view 10 degrees above the eastern horizon.
— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024 -
San Francisco is getting an outpost of one of the Bay Area’s best Thai restaurants.
— Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023 -
In the spring of 2023, the bookstore will open an outpost in the Prudential Center, taking over what was once a Barnes & Noble.
— Globe Correspondent, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 -
Starfield has upgradable skills, crafting, and the ability to build your own outpost.
— Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 June 2022 -
Refined and understated, there's also an outpost of the iconic Parisian brasserie of the same name, and a world class spa.
— Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2023 -
One of those is in Boone—elevation 3333 feet, the frontier outpost ahead of the higher mountain towns.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 3 Sep. 2023 -
The outpost will be positioned beyond the moon and serve a number of purposes — not least of which as a stopover for missions to Mars.
— Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2023 -
Brian Head Resort, the state’s southernmost outpost, stole bragging rights on Nov. 4 as the first to fire up its lifts.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Owner Don Roth also had an outpost in Wheeling, which closed in 2009.
— Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 11 Aug. 2024 -
After October 7th, an Army unit stayed at their outpost for a month.
— Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 -
Standout amenities include on-site tennis and basketball courts, new beach cabanas, and an outpost of the celebrity-favorite restaurant Mr. Chow.
— Shivani Vora, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024 -
Greener was sent to Vladivostok, a remote Russian outpost.
— Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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