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outpost

[out-pohst] / ˈaʊtˌpoʊst /
NOUN
remote station
Synonyms


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Madrid had rushed security personnel and equipment to the North African outpost that it has run for centuries.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Southern Californian restaurateur Rafi Khan had a clear vision for a new food outpost on a 20-acre ranch he leased in Riverside County earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Among that group, the peripatetic Roger Brown is the subject of a capsule show at GRAY’s New York outpost.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

I had been expecting to reach her at an improbable desert outpost, like a Death Valley library with Wi-Fi, but instead reached her in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

She and Dorothea journeyed far upstream to La Providence, the former Labadist outpost where Cornelis van Sommelsdijk had collected the specimens Maria had seen at Waltha Castle.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

The Israeli military said on Thursday it had sent forces to the area a second time, overnight, and dismantled two outposts, detaining one Israeli.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

And the Marines might struggle to get large numbers of FPV drones to isolated island outposts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

"Since they will be limited by the few resources they brought from Earth, anything they find on the moon will help them basically live off the land, especially for longer-term missions or outposts."

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

It is rare for an international media organisation like the BBC to be allowed into these outposts.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

During 1944 and 1945, open criticism of Groves’s regime surfaced at the Chicago Met Lab and other Manhattan Project outposts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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