exclaves

plural of exclave

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Noun
  • Not only are these outposts designed to be where vehicles charge and families unwind and explore, they are integrated as parts of communities.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the outposts were home to the most extreme of all settlers.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • There are four main Australian holiday blocks per year, including a six-week Christmas break, but exact dates vary between states and territories.
    Sarah Reid, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The president-elect has also been needling Panama, Canada and Greenland over ownership of their territories.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the 1600s, the Alkmaar market traded millions of pounds of cheese, exporting it throughout Europe and European colonies.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In 2021, state lawmakers declared closed colonies inhumane because the animals are held captive.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This nearly 200-mile network of hiking routes snakes its way through Sri Lanka’s highlands, including tea plantations, colonial estates, villages, holy shrines, and forests brimming with biodiversity.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
  • From Washington, he was taken first to New Orleans, then to multiple plantations in central Louisiana.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2025
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