outpost

Example Sentences

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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

In December last year, he signed an executive order calling for a US return to the Moon by 2028 and the establishment of a permanent outpost there by 2030.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They had been travelling between Puerto Leguizamo and another Amazon outpost nearby.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Now, nearly two centuries later, the restaurant that calls itself the first fine-dining spot in the U.S. is poised to open its second outpost in Midtown Manhattan next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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