outpost
/ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/
noun
- A small military camp or station at a distance from the main army, used for watching the enemy or guarding a position.
- The general ordered the outpost to be reinforced with more troops.
- The soldiers set up an outpost on the hill to watch for enemy movement.
- Supplies were sent to the remote outpost every two weeks.
- A remote or isolated settlement, branch, or part of an organization, especially in a frontier or unfamiliar area.
- The trading company established an outpost in the jungle to buy rubber from local farmers.
- The research outpost in Antarctica is home to scientists studying climate change.
- The small bookstore was the last outpost of civilization in that sleepy town.
- A place or thing that represents or defends a particular idea, culture, or system in a hostile or different environment.
- The university was seen as an outpost of liberal thought in a conservative region.
- The café became an outpost of French culture in the heart of the city.
- The space station is humanity's outpost in the cosmos.
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