outpost

Example Sentences

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But the principality’s lingering image as a Ruritanian outpost disturbs the family as it looks out from Vaduz castle on a thriving country smoothly run by supply-side economists, bankers and industrialists.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

According to Newton, Los Angeles was considered an outsider outpost in an art world dominated by New York City.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

The reef is home to a small Philippine military outpost aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a rusting World War Two-era ship deliberately grounded there in 1999 to assert Manila's claim to the territory.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

While NASA’s goal is to establish more of an outpost dedicated to expanding the reach of the U.S., others are planning something straight out of the works of Andy Weir or Robert Heinlein: colonization.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The abbey is fortified and in its time has been an outpost against the Vikings, the French, the English, and the Bretons.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz