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enclave

[en-klayv, ahn-] / ˈɛn kleɪv, ˈɑn- /


NOUN
reservation
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“Perched at the highest point within the prestigious Laughlin Park enclave, the grounds command sweeping views of the Hollywood Hills and Griffith Observatory—adding further romance to this timeless legacy estate,” the description added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Instead, they appeared in a different online enclave entirely: the New Age movement, which takes a more metaphysical approach to reality.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Most of the 72,000 migrants who breached the border from Morocco in July have returned, but it is believed that more than 13,000 remain in the enclave.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

When Brigid D’Souza moved to Jersey City in 2005 from Washington, D.C., she and her husband found a home in Newport, a waterfront enclave in the city’s downtown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Except for the enclave of Europe with its Scandinavian and Icelandic regions, all the Arctic area was within the Northern Region.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Her data showed that people in low-risk areas were essentially subsidizing high-risk homes in California’s wealth enclaves such as the Pacific Palisades devastated by the January 2025 firestorm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Foreigners have been penalised for offensive acts at religious sites, forming exclusive tourist enclaves and flouting traffic laws.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The franchise fled further and further from coastal cultural centers, shifting from the “Real World” of New York City and Chicago to the air-conditioned enclaves of New Jersey and the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and prolific property investor Flea has brought his “extraordinary” Malibu sanctuary back to the market for $7.99 million inside one of California’s most exclusive beachfront enclaves.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

For most of history these man-made enclaves remained very small, surrounded by expanses of untamed nature.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The stamp cards could also include, for the completists, two cantonal quadripoints, and some space for the curious case of the two Appenzells, formerly a unified canton enclaved within Sankt Gallen.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2012

Between this and Dudley lie the great ironworks of Roundoak, and the extensive suburb of Netherton in the enclaved portion of Worcestershire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Further, the writing, though large, is not easily legible, for it is involved, enclaved, and conjointed in a manner sufficiently puzzling to those who see it for the first time.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley

DUDLEY, a municipal, county and parliamentary borough and market-town of Worcestershire, England, in a portion of that county enclaved in Staffordshire, 8 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various




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