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• After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.From the entry remote
• The outpost near the border was used as a staging area for the army's invasion.From the entry staging area
• Even BSkyB, the British satellite outpost of the distinctly brown Murdoch empire, has declared itself “carbon-neutral.”2011, Adrian Wooldridge, Masters of Management: How the Business Gurus and Their Ideas Have Changed the World — for Better and for Worse…. From the entry brown
• Our outpost was in a trench under a huge, shady fig tree.2010, Ron Morkel, “Territorial Soldier”, in Rhodesia: Beginning to End, →ISBN, part 4 (Ronald Norman Morkel (1946- )), page 262. From the entry plum-colored starling
• A few years ago it was a dirt-poor outpost populated by rural migrants.2007 August 4, “A critical election for ‘the best dressed man in Turkey’”, in The Week, 625, 16. From the entry dirt-poor
• Consequently, Croatia’s new leaders have lost little time in purging these last outposts of the old regime.2000 April 15, John Laughland, “Full circle for communism: Under EU plan, Croatia is starting to resemble old communist Yugoslavia”, in…. From the entry Gleichschaltung
• This northernmost outpost of the Matsu archipelago is a remote place that sees few visitors.1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 323–324. From the entry Hsiyin
• Washington devised an eminently commonsensical plan for attacking British outposts at Germantown.1973, Samuel Redsecker II Slaymaker, Captives' Mansion: An American Family Chronicle Covering Nine Generations and Two Hundred Years in a…. From the entry commonsensical
• Main base for the hush-hush N.S.A. is a heavily guarded outpost in the Tungyin Islands.1964 January, Sam Duke, “Free China's Savage Commando War Against Peiping”, in Man's Illustrated, volume 8, number 8, →OCLC, page 22…. From the entry Tungyin
• One day reconnaissance informs us that the krauts have moved up their forward outposts in our sector.1949, Audie Murphy, To Hell and Back, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 132. From the entry tap
• Last few days I played outpost rush or wars, the team with the most hammers + greataxes just wins.2021 November 16, Leandermann, “PvP is only the highest number of greataxe + hammer wins”, in reddit.com. From the entry greataxe
• Born in a small mercenary outpost outside Hierarchy space, he learned the hard way to fight for what he wanted.2010s, “Spectre Agent Nihlus Kryik”, in BioWare, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2013. From the entry decorated
• With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only a handful of aerostat research outposts.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Venus. From the entry aerostat
• Finally, wharfwards, you'll find Chinese outpost Yi-Ban.2006, “Kensington & Chelsea”, in Tom Lamont, editor, London for Londoners, Time Out Guides, page 144. From the entry wharfwards
• Untamed, "exotic," Borneo figures as an imperialist outpost of adventure that has run to seed from the beginnings: rotten from within.2005, Tamara S. Wagner, Occidentalism in Novels of Malaysia and Singapore, 1819–2004: Colonial and Postcolonial Financial Straits and…. From the entry Rafflesian
• The outpost phenomenon probably accounts for many cases of polydomy, defined as the dispersal of the colony into multiple nest sites.1990, Bert Hölldobler, The Ants, page 390. From the entry polydomy
• The early Dutch settlers and the English who followed them were living in Europe’s remotest outpost, not in Africa.1961, Randolph Vigne, “The Literature of South Africa”, in A[lan] L[indsey] McLeod, editor, The Commonwealth Pen: An Introduction to the…. From the entry Kapenaar
• Sixty miles still west of T’ung Liao is the city of Kailu our farthest outpost in Mongol territory.[1931 September 12, Jonathan Goforth, “Letters from Dr. and Mrs. Goforth”, in The Sunday School Times, volume 73, number 37, →OCLC, page…. From the entry Tongliao
• His government had just carried out a court order to evacuate about 40 settler families at the Amona outpost, declared illegal a decade earlier.2020 June 9, David M. Halbfinger, Adam Rasgon, “Israel Court Rejects Law Legalizing Thousands of Settlement Homes”, in New York Times. From the entry Amona
• Cast out for criminal behavior or their actions during the uprising, exiles from the Nexus are no longer welcome at the station or Initiative outposts.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Outlaws: Outcasts Codex entry. From the entry cast out
• And the men of the outpost called to Jonathan and his arms-bearer: "Come on up to us, and we will show you a thing!2009, Hillel I. Millgram, The Invention of Monotheist Ethics - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry arms-bearer
• The resource wealth of a dozen settled colonies and a hundred industrial outposts flows back to Earth, fueling great works of industry, commerce, and art.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth Codex entry. From the entry telecommuting
• Many of these stations were standalone outposts scattered across mountains, deserts, and farmland, and required caretakers to maintain the engines and ensure the lights remained operational.2026 March 7, Sthitapragta Chakraborty, “America Once Built Giant Arrows to Guide Pilots Across the Country, and Some Still Exist Today”…. From the entry caretaker
• Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June).2025 August 21, Allison Williams, “I Braved Washington’s First In-N-Out Burger Line”, in Seattle Met, archived from the original on 28 Aug…. From the entry Vancouver
• For years, this hardscrabble outpost was controlled by an aging warlord, an ally of Myanmar’s brutal military junta, who ran his fiefdom largely according to his own whims.2025 July 18, Timothy McLaughlin, “A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China's Border. The Kachin Independence Organization…. From the entry Pangwa
• All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels.2024 January 16, Sebastian Strangio, “Philippines to Upgrade South China Sea Outposts, Military Chief Says”, in The Diplomat, archived…. From the entry Nanshan
• Fanling in the New Territories was once a rural outpost, but it has quickly developed into an area with a mix of high rises and low-density developments.2016 December 30, Jimmy Chow, “Fanling becomes cross-border hub of low-rise luxury property”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry fanling
• This is Lanzhou, the old Silk Road outpost that has matured into a metropolis of almost 4 million as the capital of Gansu province in China’s still-poor northwest.2015 October 16, Matt O'Brien, “This is where China’s future will be decided.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Gansu
• FOLLOWING in the footsteps of foreign missionaries, Chinese gangsters and Chiang Kai-shek, I traveled to the mountain outpost of Moganshan looking for a breather from full-throttle Shanghai.[2012 April 12, Justin Bergman, “A Lofty Retreat From Sweltering Shanghai”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Mount Mogan
• Then around 2 pm, a detachment of Maratha irregular horse approached and engaged the allied contingent of Mysore horse that were riding forward outpost duty for the British.2003, Randolf G. S. Cooper, The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India, Cambridge University Press, page 126. From the entry Maratha
• Comrade (Fan Yu-kuo), a fighting hero of a certain PLA unit from the antirevisionist outpost of Chen Pao Island, spoke at the congress amid warm applause of those present.1970 April 29 [1970 April 25], “Reportage on Shantung Mao Thought Activists Congress”, in Daily Report: Communist China, number 83…. From the entry antirevisionist
• While the people throughout the country are warmly celebrating National Day, the revolutionary committee of the Aletai Special District, which is an outpost against imperialism and revisionism, has been established.1969 October 14 [1969 October 7], “Fulfill struggle-criticism-transformation conscientiously and further consolidate the dictatorship of…. From the entry Kotzulosu

Meaning of outpost

1. noun A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
2. noun The body of troops manning such a post.
3. noun A sentinel positioned outside.

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Questions about outpost in a sentence

How do you use outpost in a sentence?

Outpost is used as a noun. For example: “The outpost did not have enough ammunition to resist a determined assault.”

What is a short sentence with outpost?

“Finally, wharfwards, you'll find Chinese outpost Yi-Ban.”

What does outpost mean?

Outpost means a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.