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Recent Examples of villages
The collection includes 3,100 black-and-white images taken in nearly 300 villages, towns, and cities around the country as well as the negatives and detailed data sheets describing construction techniques, materials, and historical context for each building.
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JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
For architecture fans, the hotel can help set up journeys to pagods and temples over 700 years old; other excursions on offer include trips to floating fishing villages such as Cửa Vạn and Vung Viêng and ethical pearl cultivation.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Gibbs has worked taught and performed African dance for the past 30 years and traveled to West African villages to learn from the masters.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Ten years ago, my colleages and I documented that polygyny is associated with higher food insecurity and poor child health when comparing outcomes across over 50 Tanzanian villages.
—David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
From the ancient temples of Egypt and India to entire villages in Turkey and Iran, each structure was chiseled with painstaking precision.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
Travelers can help support Fiji by doing activities like volunteering with local nonprofits to conserve coral reefs or spending time in local villages to learn more about Fijian culture up close.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
For architecture fans, the hotel can help set up journeys to pagods and temples over 700 years old; other excursions on offer include trips to floating fishing villages such as Cửa Vạn and Vung Viêng and ethical pearl cultivation.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Gibbs has worked taught and performed African dance for the past 30 years and traveled to West African villages to learn from the masters.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Ten years ago, my colleages and I documented that polygyny is associated with higher food insecurity and poor child health when comparing outcomes across over 50 Tanzanian villages.
—David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
From the ancient temples of Egypt and India to entire villages in Turkey and Iran, each structure was chiseled with painstaking precision.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
Travelers can help support Fiji by doing activities like volunteering with local nonprofits to conserve coral reefs or spending time in local villages to learn more about Fijian culture up close.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villages
hamlets
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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
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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
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“Villages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villages. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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