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Recent Examples of villages
María Elena Checa apparently spent months driving through Guerrero villages, commissioning directly from artisans who normally sell to wholesalers.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
But with incomes below $3 a day, many can no longer afford pricier LPG cylinders and are reverting to stoves that burn firewood, or returning to villages where wood is easier to find.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The furnace produced more than 800 cannons during the war, and the gunpowder and cannonballs used to fire at British troops were made in villages throughout Connecticut.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Local villages are actively monitoring the oceans and reefs in their environment, and backlash to a recent plan from a billionaire Australian to build a giant plant to incinerate rubbish in Fiji was loud and well organized, says Singh.
—Michelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
From rustically beautiful islands to villages best explored on a bike, here is where—and how—to vacation like the French this summer.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Debel is one of 55 Lebanese towns and villages inside a swath of southern Lebanon currently occupied by Israeli forces.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
The preserve, jointly owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Will County and the villages of Park Forest and University Park, is looking for money to rebuild the bridge for at least one more decade of use and allow time for a more permanent solution.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The Israeli military urged residents of southern Lebanon to keep away from several dozen villages in the region despite the ceasefire.
—Will Clark, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
But with incomes below $3 a day, many can no longer afford pricier LPG cylinders and are reverting to stoves that burn firewood, or returning to villages where wood is easier to find.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The furnace produced more than 800 cannons during the war, and the gunpowder and cannonballs used to fire at British troops were made in villages throughout Connecticut.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Local villages are actively monitoring the oceans and reefs in their environment, and backlash to a recent plan from a billionaire Australian to build a giant plant to incinerate rubbish in Fiji was loud and well organized, says Singh.
—Michelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
From rustically beautiful islands to villages best explored on a bike, here is where—and how—to vacation like the French this summer.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Debel is one of 55 Lebanese towns and villages inside a swath of southern Lebanon currently occupied by Israeli forces.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
The preserve, jointly owned and managed by the Forest Preserve District of Will County and the villages of Park Forest and University Park, is looking for money to rebuild the bridge for at least one more decade of use and allow time for a more permanent solution.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The Israeli military urged residents of southern Lebanon to keep away from several dozen villages in the region despite the ceasefire.
—Will Clark, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villages
hamlets
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Quaint fishing villages made the Outer Banks an international tourist destination, and one of the most famous of these hamlets has unveiled a plan to defy North Carolina’s coastal redevelopment craze.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Outer Banks’ charming coastal hamlets could beckon.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Villages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villages. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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