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Recent Examples of hamlets
Note that there are also many of the smaller villages/hamlets/boroughs on this list.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Here are our 7 favorite small adventure towns around the world, from coastal enclaves to alpine hamlets.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Several small hamlets have been renovated into luxury hotels, such as Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
The route cuts across rolling farmland, oak woods and medieval hamlets, passing vineyards, monasteries and stone bridges along the way.
—Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
My favorite part of the job was riding my bicycle out to remote hamlets to check on the children.
—Janet Rich Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The Sandringham estate is vast, some 20,000 acres with about 150 properties, including villages and hamlets.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Nov. 2025
In the meantime, the school is sending teachers to give lessons in smaller underground spaces in the hamlets.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
Yet Massie’s partnership with Paul could pay off anyway, in a district that hugs the Ohio River and includes the Cincinnati suburbs and tiny hamlets like Mount Olivet.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Here are our 7 favorite small adventure towns around the world, from coastal enclaves to alpine hamlets.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Several small hamlets have been renovated into luxury hotels, such as Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
The route cuts across rolling farmland, oak woods and medieval hamlets, passing vineyards, monasteries and stone bridges along the way.
—Laura May Todd, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
My favorite part of the job was riding my bicycle out to remote hamlets to check on the children.
—Janet Rich Edwards, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
The Sandringham estate is vast, some 20,000 acres with about 150 properties, including villages and hamlets.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 22 Nov. 2025
In the meantime, the school is sending teachers to give lessons in smaller underground spaces in the hamlets.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
Yet Massie’s partnership with Paul could pay off anyway, in a district that hugs the Ohio River and includes the Cincinnati suburbs and tiny hamlets like Mount Olivet.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hamlets
villages
Noun
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What hasn’t changed is the sensibility of the filmmakers themselves – directors who return to their villages for festivals, rooted in a tradition of larger-than-life storytelling.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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More than 80 towns and villages have been emptied, more than 15% of the country’s population has been displaced, and more than 1,200 people have been killed by Israeli strikes, with thousands more wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Hamlets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hamlets. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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