Thesaurus results for ENCLAVES

enclaves

noun

plural of enclave

as in districts

an area with people who are different in some way from the people in the areas around it The city has a large Chinese enclave. one of the city's wealthy enclaves

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Recent Examples of enclaves The plants would potentially be built in the Sea of Cortez and in federal enclaves on California's Pacific coast. —

Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026 This influx of cash underscores the event’s growing significance not only as the largest gathering of Black skiers and snowboarders in the world, but also as an important driver of winter tourism in high-country enclaves looking to grow their businesses. —

James Edward Mills, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026 Yes, many of the menus are tucked inside the tony enclaves of Newport Beach, but a handful of others cities, ones that don’t hug our sapphire coastline, are also serving up serious pinkies-up energy. —

Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026 According to Côte d’Azur Sotheby’s International Realty’s latest ultra-prime report, demand has been steadily shifting toward larger estates in the region’s quieter residential enclaves, where privacy, security, and year-round livability now rank as highly as sea views. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2026 Did human women venture into Neanderthal populations, or were the Neanderthal males drawn to larger human enclaves? —

ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026 In the last six years, almost half of new Dollar Tree stores opened in wealthier enclaves of metropolitan areas, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News. —

Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 The team will continue specializing in the region’s most coveted luxury enclaves, including Rancho Santa Fe (Covenant, Fairbanks Ranch, Del Mar Country Club, The Bridges and surrounding gated communities), Del Mar, La Jolla, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Carmel Valley and Poway. —

Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 That zone would shrink to 25 feet for boats under legislation being proposed by the Miami-Dade commissioner who represents North Bay Village and other island enclaves off of Biscayne Bay. —

Douglas Hanks, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026

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The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York's Southern and Eastern districts, did not set out to target Petro initially, but his name has come up during the course of both probes, one of the sources said.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
The law has opened the floodgates for thousands of lawsuits against the Catholic Church, local governments and public school districts.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026