How to Use exclave in a Sentence

exclave

noun
  • So what's the world's largest true exclave, a landlocked one?
    — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2018
  • The incident occurred near the border with the Azerbaijan exclave of Nakhchivan.
    — Fox News, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The 40-mile-wide corridor is hemmed in by the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on one side and Belarus, a Russian ally, on the other.
    — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 24 June 2018
  • Poland has also shut down its airspace near Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave on its northern border.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The village is actually in a small exclave of the UAE that's entirely surrounded by the country Oman.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2017
  • Russian trains still shuttle back and forth via Lithuania between Moscow and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
    — CNN, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The vast majority of the countries perched around the sea belong to the alliance—with Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Russia has hinted at the prospect of more troops on the border, or bringing nuclear weapons into its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad in response.
    — Leo Laikola, Fortune, 15 May 2022
  • Cabinda, the exclave where much of Angola’s oil is produced, is separated from the mainland by a strip of Congo.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is an exclave of Azerbaijan, separated from the rest of the country by a distance of about 20 miles at the closest points.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Poland and Lithuania border the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the most militarized territory in all of Europe.
    — John R. Deni and Michael O’Hanlon, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • But if in the future the route becomes viable, the magical journey to Turkey via the ancient city of Nakhchivan (in a disconnected exclave of Azerbaijan) should once again be a major trade and tourism corridor.
    — Mark Elliott, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Russia has also bolstered its military might in the region, particularly in the exclave of Kaliningrad.
    — James Marson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Azerbaijan has long demanded the creation of a special route through this territory to connect Azerbaijan with its exclave.
    — Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The exclave operates as a special economic zone with low taxes, although Western sanctions have hurt its economy.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
  • Karoblis said the Russian exclave has anti-ship missiles and land-to-land missiles capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons.
    — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Englishmen who couldn't find flights were arriving in the Russian exclave by bus from neighboring Poland and reported several security checks and delays around the border.
    — Rob Harris, Fox News, 28 June 2018
  • Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
    — Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
  • The exclave’s international airport will soon be accepting regular commercial flights from the Middle East, Mr. Blaszczak said.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhichevan is separated from Azerbaijan by a narrow strip of southern Armenia.
    — Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023

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