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as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege
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as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the mining tycoon built a magnificent castle on the hill overlooking the town
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Recent Examples of castle
The castle went through extensive demolitions and restorations during the Napoleonic wars and at the end of the 19th century.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The storybook castle was built more than 700 years ago by the knights of Chasteignier de la Roche-Posay.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
Eastern Europe Travelers are also showing more interest in Eastern Europe, especially Romania, Poland, and Hungary, where fairytale-esque towns and castles unfold.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In winter 1524-1525, the peasants were able to capture castles and monasteries without much bloodshed.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The storybook castle was built more than 700 years ago by the knights of Chasteignier de la Roche-Posay.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 26 Feb. 2025
Eastern Europe Travelers are also showing more interest in Eastern Europe, especially Romania, Poland, and Hungary, where fairytale-esque towns and castles unfold.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
In winter 1524-1525, the peasants were able to capture castles and monasteries without much bloodshed.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for castle
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On clear days, that very body of water, and the white mountains beyond it, are part of the panoramic view from the terrace of Boone’s house, a sharp-angled, industrial-gray luxury fortress with towering windows atop a cliff 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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India have spent the last three weeks in Dubai and made the venue into a fortress.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Tuscan-style Beverly Hills mansion Kardashian next paid $3.4 million for a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom Tuscan-style mansion in Beverly Hills in 2010.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
13 Mar. 2025
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Just seven other properties make up the North Forty community, including a mansion built by Guy Mascolo, the late co-founder of the Toni&Guy hair salons.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles.—
Linnea Fehrm,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Mar. 2025
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Around the fortress city of Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine, Russian assaults are down 80 percent compared to their recent peak in mid-January, according to Ukrainian analysis group DeepState.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Every conductor is, in effect, a guest of the manor invited by the musicians.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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Photographed by Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca, and produced by Nada Marketing y Comunicación S.L., the images show the high-octane duo sharing quality moments dressed in formal and casual clothing and looking every inch the lords of the manor.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
5 Mar. 2025
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Dominated by the enormous Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and a citadel, which sits along the 2.5-mile-long Avenue of the Dead, the site awed even the Aztecs, who wondered what vanished civilization could have created such a monumental city.—
John Newton,
AFAR Media,
24 Jan. 2025
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The film, macabre and atmospheric from start to finish, relocates the classic folklore to an isolated hacienda in a Mexican village where a young woman has returned to bury her aunt.—
DeAnna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
28 Aug. 2023
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She was born on May 29, 1917 and grew up in a hacienda in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.—
Natalia Torija Nieto,
ELLE Decor,
28 Sep. 2022
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It was built to protect Florida and the Atlantic trade route, and is now the oldest masonry fortification on the continent, interpreting more than 450 years of cultural intersections.—
Food Drink Life,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Once an important feudal stronghold deep in the Japanese Alps, Matsumoto is known today for its towering castle; arguably the most stunning fortification in the entire country with its black-onyx trim and turquoise moat filled with curious koi.—
Brandon Presser,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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The palace aide said that statement also resonated deeply with Queen Camilla.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists began excavating and reconstructing the palace complex in the mid-1970s, including the original stone embankments, water conduit and drainage channel.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Castle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castle. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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