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outpost

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


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While the Beverly Hills outpost is still forthcoming, the Studio City location was quick to draw lines.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Local media reports say that a nearby Israeli settler outpost was demolished.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

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

From Barron's Aug. 1, 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

The fate of the Greenland colony, medieval Europe’s most remote outpost, remains one of archaeology’s romantic mysteries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

None of the outposts we approached around al-Mughayyir responded to our request for an interview.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It softly lit both the little villages of Elfland and the mountain outposts of the goblins, as if the whole world were at peace.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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