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What is the noun for outposts?

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outpost
  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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  6. Examples:
    1. “The Guatemalan army established a military outpost in the communities of Sepur Zarco and Tinajas in August of 1982.”
      “He laughed upon hearing that there was now a McDonald's on the isolated and remote Aleutian outpost.”
      “The Brother Islands are a solitary outpost, rising like twin towers from the abyssal depths.”
outposts
  1. plural of outpost
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Thousands of Seabees served in combat areas of Korea during the war, but many other Seabees were stationed in lonely outposts all over the world.”
      “Libya boasts the ruins of ancient Greek outposts, Phoenician settlements and Berber cities.”
      “Copies of Arretine ware have been found in the remotest outposts of the Roman Empire.”
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