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enclave

noun

Definition of enclave

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 Israel continues to launch deadly attacks on the enclave more than a year after Israel and Hamas struck a ceasefire deal. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026 Indian Creek Village, the exclusive island enclave known as Billionaire Bunker, has a new leader overseeing its tiny but famous community. — Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 The strike came over a year after a ceasefire deal was reached between Israel and the Hamas militant group, a period during which Israel continued to launch deadly strikes on the enclave. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Facial recognition and voice recognition data are both stored in the device's secure enclave. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for enclave

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In August 2023, Bangs offered LaGrone an earlier plea agreement under which he would have been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to a record in the district clerk’s file.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
In July, the west-to-east ride across the state passed through a significant stretch of the northeastern Iowa district Mitchell hopes to represent.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

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Hebron municipal officials said families had been displaced from nearly 500 apartments in Deir Bahha and surrounding neighborhoods.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The airport’s parking lot was full, and people were parking across Freeport Boulevard in nearby neighborhoods.

— Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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