exclaves

noun

plural of exclave
as in outposts

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  1. outposts
  2. territories
  3. colonies
  4. camps
  5. plantations
  6. diasporas
  7. posts
Noun
  • This effort will likely start with small outposts on the moon, which will serve as stepping stones for similar activities on the Red Planet.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Scammers from at least 13 of these outposts used Starlink IP addresses to get online between early March and the end of May, an AP analysis of device and satellite data from International Justice Mission shows.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of outposts
Noun
  • One of the strongest super typhoons on the planet this year was striking the US Pacific Islands on Monday morning, the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The only Caribbean country to qualify twice for the World Cup, Haiti joined the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao as the only territories that had teams qualify for this year’s 48-nation tournament.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
Definition of territories
Noun
  • Unlike the 13 colonies, East and West Florida were largely unaffected by the British Stamp Act and other taxes that fueled resentment elsewhere because the colonies produced relatively little for the British colonial economy.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Gwinnett was an English clergymen’s son who sailed for the colonies in 1762 and opened a general store in Savannah in 1765.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of colonies
Noun
  • Everywhere, in big cities and small towns, there’s an increase in the adultification of children, even the well-off ones, even the ones raised by gentle parents, even the ones with skate and surf camps, guitar lessons, and college funds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Her work has taken her around the world reviewing top hotels and writing travel guides, from luxury safari camps in Botswana to Palaces de France across Saint-Tropez.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Definition of camps
Noun
  • The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.
    — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of plantations
Noun
  • Almost overnight, a player from a country with the world’s 13th-largest population of about 113 million but with almost no professional tennis tradition is carrying one of the globe’s biggest diasporas from tournament to tournament.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • For a country like Japan or Germany, with deep trade ties, large diasporas and decades of institutional relationship-building, social sentiment is one input among many.
    — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of diasporas
Noun
  • Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Update to the latest version to see all Vogue content, as well as new features like our Runway Genius quiz, Group Chats, and posts from Vogue contributors.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Definition of posts
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