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Recent Examples of fortification The government accomplished this by a mass increase in army personnel and a fortification program, funded by raising taxes and expanding the bureaucracy to support the larger state apparatus. Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 This type of anti-tank fortification has littered Ukraine. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 Russia’s recent rapid advance points to another Ukrainian weakness, military experts say: a lack of fortifications. Constant Méheut, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Read More: 5 of the Most Unique and Luxurious Bronze Age Artifacts Filling in the Ancient Gaps The town — like several other similar sites in Northern Arabia — also showed signs of fortification. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fortification 
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Jenin has been a militant stronghold, and an airstrike killed 10 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The American cowboy is an aspirational bastion of masculinity, and as Costner proves, of manners.
    Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
  • What could be more traditional than Third Round Thursday, that bastion of everything pure about English football?
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • It’s all set against the stunning backdrop of the original keep, built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a third-century Roman fort.
    Jamie Carter, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The Bulgarian started once in the first half of the season, but became a mainstay down the home straight, holding the fort in front as Ampadu slotted in behind.
    Beren Cross, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Fortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortification. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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