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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 new outpost retains the same warm woods as its original Marais store, opened last year, and takes cues from the brand’s workshop.
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Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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There are a couple of ways to live the high life at The W. At the Aspen outpost, the property offers rooms, suites, and Sky Residencies (units that offer ownership opportunities for frequent visitors).
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Six of Trump’s offices are in Maricopa County, and the campaign has additional outposts in Casa Grande, Tucson, Kingman and Flagstaff.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
Garcia has lived in Bishop for 35 years and has watched the once-sleepy ranching outpost explode in popularity with adventure-loving tourists: hikers and climbers in the summer, anglers and leaf-peepers in the fall, skiers in the winter.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
From $307 per night. BOOK NOW The W Aspen
There are a couple of ways to live the high life at The W. At the Aspen outpost, the property offers rooms, suites, and Sky Residencies (units that offer ownership opportunities for frequent visitors).
—Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Six of Trump’s offices are in Maricopa County, and the campaign has additional outposts in Casa Grande, Tucson, Kingman and Flagstaff.
—Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
Garcia has lived in Bishop for 35 years and has watched the once-sleepy ranching outpost explode in popularity with adventure-loving tourists: hikers and climbers in the summer, anglers and leaf-peepers in the fall, skiers in the winter.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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The village is part of the Town of Warwick, which said in a statement that voluntary evacuations were in effect for residents along one road, power was shut off as a precaution during a prescribed burn, and another key road was restricted to a single lane for residents.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Since then, the village has also undergone a major expansion.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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There's only one week left to file a claim in the Cash App class-action settlement.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Price’s notice to the sheriff on Friday comes nearly three years to the day after Monk, 45, was declared dead after being found face-down in his cell next to a puddle of urine and uneaten food, according to a lawsuit filed by his family that resulted in a $7 million settlement with the county.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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But perhaps their most resilient architectural achievement was the building of Machu Picchu, a citadel that sits about 8,000 feet in elevation in the Andes of southern Peru.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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On the other side, Portuguese cannons poke out from the citadel walls, and surf slams into the rocks below.Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
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Even Winston Churchill, who developed a flair for painting in the South of France, fell for the charms of this fairytale hamlet: it is widely believed that a canvas depicting a street corner with a fountain was painted by the statesman here in the mid-1940s.Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The area has long been divided between the liberal university town of State College, which anchors the region, and the conservative hamlets that surround it.Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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The killing is the 72nd homicide investigated by Oakland police this year, and the first since Sept. 28 when a 32-year-old man suffered fatal gunshot wounds at a homeless camp in the 600 block of 29th Street in West Oakland.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The players have to scramble for bamboo tubes hidden all over camp with different amounts of money in them.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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After Trump’s resounding victory in the Republican primary, the question was whether Trump would enter a downward spiral of grievance, intolerance, xenophobia, and conspiracy theorizing or try to broaden his base with a positive focus on economic growth and national strength.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Despite being Apple's most affordable computer when configured with the base M4 chip (at just $599), the Mac mini can scale up to challenge, in some ways, some of the best desktops and even some full-size workstations.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Eight years later, in the early months of Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine, the rebuilt battalion joined the garrison in Mariupol on the Black Sea coast.David Axe, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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To put China’s naval capabilities in perspective, consider that the United States captured Okinawa in 1945 from a Japanese garrison that was roughly the size of Taiwan’s current active army with a fleet weighing 2.4 million tons and supported by 22 carriers, 18 battleships, and 29 cruisers.Rachel Esplin Odell, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2021
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There is also a string of water parks lavishly-themed to a desert fort, an oasis and Aztec temples.Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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The city dismantled the fort in 2016 after significant pressure from the California Coastal Commission.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Outpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outpost. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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