The phrase "as outpost" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to describe a role or function, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The research facility operates as an outpost for scientific exploration in remote areas."
Alternatives: "as a base" or "as a station".
Its turbulent reputation as a lawless outpost of frontier violence was magnified by the Deadwood Dick series of dime novels.
Originating as outposts established on naturally strong positions, they began to resemble towns as population increased.
Daman and Diu survived as outposts of Portuguese overseas territory until 1961, when they became part of India.
There are several large slums in the east, but they are regarded as outposts in enemy territory.
Foreign governments have snapped up many properties in Turtle Bay through the years, as outposts for their United Nations missions.
But within the Israeli legal system, settlements are regulated, while scores of small communities in the West Bank — known as outposts — have grown without regulation.
The shops, which include a flagship store on Madison Avenue, as well as outposts in Los Angeles, Dallas, Seattle, Boston, Miami, and Washington, D.C., also specialize in high-end razors.
The city also plays host to a fair number of prominent startups, including companies like Urban Airship, JanRain, Simple and Puppet Labs, as well as outposts of established players like Intel, Microsoft, IBM and eBay.
The co-working giant is the third-largest occupier of leased space in the city; it has locations in 17 of Manhattan's 19 submarkets as well as outposts in Brooklyn and Queens.
Friday's actions of the Palestinians in E1 mirrors tactics of Israeli settlers who stake their claim to parts of the West Bank by pitching mobile homes on hilltops, known as outposts, which are not officially sanctioned.
