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Observers fear that Azerbaijan might be preparing another offensive, with the goal of securing a route to its own exclave of Nakhichevan—a region of around 100,000 people that is separated from Azerbaijan by a sliver of Armenian territory.
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Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Baku is currently demanding that Yerevan agree to the establishment of a corridor through Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan jammed between Iran, Armenia, and Turkey.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
—Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Baku is currently demanding that Yerevan agree to the establishment of a corridor through Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan jammed between Iran, Armenia, and Turkey.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
—Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclave
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Fiber is tricky territory for some people, including folks with a functional GI condition like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
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The Gunpowder River, the main source of the region’s water supply, is prime beaver relocation territory.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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His most recent exhibition closed at Peter Freeman Inc.’s New York outpost in January.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
18 Feb. 2025
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Season 3 of Mike White’s anthology series, which premieres on Sunday, follows a motley crew of vacationers at a Southeast Asian outpost of the titular hotel.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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And 95-year-old David Schecter survived not one, but two extermination camps.—
Lee Cowan,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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But what played out next within Alpine’s camp was not discussed with Komatsu.—
Madeline Coleman,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The bookstore specializes in books and videos highlighting the African diaspora.—
Tykesha Spivey Burton,
AFAR Media,
24 Feb. 2025
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Almost 8 million people have fled Venezuela (forming a vast diaspora).—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Palace of Fine Arts: • In 1921, the German colony of Mexico City gave a monument — a monument to Beethoven: • Outside the National Museum of Art, King Charles IV of Spain (1748–1819) rides: • Itzcoatl, too, was a king, in the 1400s.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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Spain ceded sovereignty over its Philippine colony after its defeat in the Spanish-American War in 1898.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The exact circumstances surrounding Grant’s death were unclear late Saturday, but advocates were circulating a Facebook post by a relative of another man held at Auburn that claimed Grant had sought medical assistance prior to being discovered unresponsive.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
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To its credit, last September, Starbucks brought in a new CEO, Brian Niccol, to turn the company around after the less-than-stellar performance under previous CEO Laxman Narasimhan over his two years at the post.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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This is what generates anxiety at coffee plantations around the planet.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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One of the enslaved people on his Virginia plantation, Monticello, was Sally Hemings, the half-sister of his late wife, Martha Jefferson, who died in 1782 at age 33.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Exclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclave. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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