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outpost

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


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And Carnegie Mellon gets an outpost in the South, a region increasingly appealing to many college students, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The other, Mestersvig, is a military outpost now used by the Danish special forces’ Sirius Dogsled Patrol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Mestersvig outpost is remote, far less developed, and used by a Danish naval dog sled unit.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

We drove past an undeveloped beach—no facilities, just a handful of people taking a dip—and up to a viewpoint where there was a military outpost containing one soldier and his dog.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

In May 1954, just as Daniel Ellsberg was beginning his Marine training in Virginia, Viet Minh fighters surrounded French forces at a remote military outpost called Dien Bien Phu.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

He said his land was now surrounded by seven Jewish settlements and outposts.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

What we witnessed was part of a pattern being repeated day after day, as settler outposts here increase.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mikhmas is located in the central West Bank between Ramallah and Jerusalem, near several Israeli settlement outposts whose residents have attacked the community on several occasions in recent months.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Compromised cameras include license-plate readers and security cameras near strategic sites and places where soldiers gather, including military outposts in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

They did not come into substantial contact with Europeans until the sixteenth century, when Russian fur merchants overturned their governments, established military outposts throughout the region, and demanded furs in tribute.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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