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What is an outpost?

What is an outpost? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
  2. The body of troops manning such a post.
  3. An outlying settlement.
  4. (chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
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The outpost sat on the horizon, a black smudge with streaks of pink and orange in the sky behind it.
In my book, a Sunday afternoon jaunt to report on a game at the westerly outpost could only ever be described as a treat, not a chore.
City police officers who'd been there that day left their outpost to greet him.
At first glance, the junkyard looks like some sort of post-apocalyptic settlement, a thriving outpost in a wasteland.
He laughed upon hearing that there was now a McDonald's on the isolated and remote Aleutian outpost.
But the new boss will have to address the role and purpose of its northerly outpost sooner rather than later.

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