as in stronghold
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup
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Recent Examples of bastion
However, Musk's X has often been hailed by conservatives as a bastion of free speech.
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Angrej Singh, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024
Preliminary signs suggest that few Americans will miss either CRT or DEI, which state and local governments, courts, the private sector, and, increasingly, even the fading left-leaning bastions of academia and legacy media are racing to abandon.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Long a bastion of white males, the 94 district courts and 13 courts of appeals form the core of the federal judicial structure.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
The intervention in Syria also allowed Russia to assume the role of protector of Christians in the Middle East—a role that, in Putin’s view, decadent Western powers had abdicated, and a mission that fit neatly with Putin’s desire to present Russia as Europe’s last bastion of Christian values.
—Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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Angrej Singh, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024
Preliminary signs suggest that few Americans will miss either CRT or DEI, which state and local governments, courts, the private sector, and, increasingly, even the fading left-leaning bastions of academia and legacy media are racing to abandon.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Long a bastion of white males, the 94 district courts and 13 courts of appeals form the core of the federal judicial structure.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
The intervention in Syria also allowed Russia to assume the role of protector of Christians in the Middle East—a role that, in Putin’s view, decadent Western powers had abdicated, and a mission that fit neatly with Putin’s desire to present Russia as Europe’s last bastion of Christian values.
—Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastion
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The tunnels were discovered by experts from the Polytechnic University of Milan, who used ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners to map the 15th-century stronghold’s subterranean structures.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jenin has been a militant stronghold, and an airstrike killed 10 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2025
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Colorful Old San Juan is home to the 16th-century Spanish colonial fortress Castillo San Cristobal and other UNESCO World Heritage sites, and fantastic restaurants like Santaella or La Casita Blanca, where the tostones and mofongo are not to be missed.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Skyscrapers of Medieval Italy (Ex Urbe) by Ada Palmer In medieval Italy, factional wars led powerful families to build huge towers that served as little urban fortresses.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Jan. 2025
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On the one hand, the country is an economic citadel, packed with resources and blessed by ocean borders that shield it from invasion while connecting it to global trade.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Today, this citadel in the clouds faces a different kind of conquest: nearly a million people each year are treading sacred ground at this New Wonder of the World.—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Dec. 2024
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These ingredients are whole foods instead of specific vitamins and minerals that are used in fortification.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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Walk the length of the city walls, the most intact fortification of its kind in England.—
Jessica Macdonald,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Jan. 2025
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This explains why so many millennials are still alone: they’re imprisoned in their own sky castles.—
Alex Baia,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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But its most famous residence is the French Renaissance Biltmore Estate, which was George Vanderbilt’s 250-room castle and is considered the largest home in America.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Bastion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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