as in district
an area with people who are different in some way from the people in the areas around it
The city has a large Chinese enclave. one of the city's wealthy enclaves
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Recent Examples of enclave
In 2023, the organization opened a new clinic in Carbondale, a liberal-leaning enclave not far from Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission — in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004 — are to and from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
After opening its first location in Dana Point in 2024, which helped nudge the coastal enclave into destination-dining territory, Truly Pizza will debut its second outpost in Laguna Beach on May 7.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission — in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004 — are to and from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
After opening its first location in Dana Point in 2024, which helped nudge the coastal enclave into destination-dining territory, Truly Pizza will debut its second outpost in Laguna Beach on May 7.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enclave
Noun
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Mary Brown retired after coaching boys and girls volleyball in the district for 19 years, including the past eight years with the Knights’ boys team.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Creating more majority-Republican districts but with thinner margins could dilute GOP advantages and give Democrats more opportunities to win seats, especially if there’s an anti-Trump backlash at the polls this year.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Many of the pictures were captured on the Day of the Dead, at the annual feast of the cult of Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Our Lady of Holy Death), in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Built in 1993 to accommodate more than 16,000 Israelis, the shelter found a new life during the Israel-Iran war as a public refuge for residents of Neve Shaanan, among Tel Aviv’s most diverse neighborhoods and one of its poorest, home mainly to asylum seekers and foreign workers.—
Theia Chatelle,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Enclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclave. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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