as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a series of forts along the frontier
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Recent Examples of fort
Florida picked up the pace in the second and tested Markstrom, who held the fort with several stops, including one on defenseman Dmitry Kulikov’s snap shot from the right circle.
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Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kids love to build forts, especially outside.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
The fort was built to defend the mouth of the Savannah River and was manned during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
There are also ring forts, a Norman-period castle, Georgian Dowth Hall, and Victorian Netterville Manor.
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—Phoebe Smith, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
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Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Flexible Flyer Snow Fort Building Block $11 at Amazon
Kids love to build forts, especially outside.
—Laura Lu, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
The fort was built to defend the mouth of the Savannah River and was manned during the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
There are also ring forts, a Norman-period castle, Georgian Dowth Hall, and Victorian Netterville Manor.
4.
—Phoebe Smith, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for fort
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fort
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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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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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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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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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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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The American cowboy is an aspirational bastion of masculinity, and as Costner proves, of manners.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2025
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What could be more traditional than Third Round Thursday, that bastion of everything pure about English football?—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fort. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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