as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
defenders at the border fortifications preparing for an attack
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Recent Examples of fortification
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Zoë Weiner, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025
It was designed to be mounted on a wooden tripod, used to protect fortifications, according to the research.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Dragon’s teeth anti-tank fortifications near the Latvian border with Russia in August last year.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
Sazan Island was used as a military base by Italy during World War II and the remains of military fortifications abound.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
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Zoë Weiner, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025
It was designed to be mounted on a wooden tripod, used to protect fortifications, according to the research.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Dragon’s teeth anti-tank fortifications near the Latvian border with Russia in August last year.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
Sazan Island was used as a military base by Italy during World War II and the remains of military fortifications abound.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortification
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But storybook fortresses aren’t exclusive to mythical kingdoms and romantic tales.—
Gulnaz Khan,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Gothic fortress on West 23rd Street was once home to many of the twentieth century’s beautiful and damned—Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, and Sid Vicious among them.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Over the decades, the neighborhood has shape shifted — from an industrial corridor to a Latino stronghold, from gang territory to a flourishing arts district.—
Achy Obejas,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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But a dispute with Republican legislative leaders culminated this week in a compromise deal that curtails the unilateral authority the governor used to fly migrants to Democratic strongholds — and eventually phases out the program altogether.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
12 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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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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Thought to have been built sometime during the Post-Classic Mesoamerican period (1350 to 1521), the city stood as a bastion of Zapotec culture, which first emerged in the late 6th century B.C. and flourished until the Spanish commenced their conquest of Central America.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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The big new corporate bet: Bitcoin Corporate treasury departments are usually bastions of caution, preferring to invest their companies’ money in stable assets like Treasury bonds.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Image The Keep By Jennifer Egan This book has it all: castles, caves, childhood nightmares dragged back into the light.—
M.L. Rio,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The cast and crew who assembled in the castle were subsequently said to have been totally accepting of the ghost of Lady Sophie, who haunts Amhuinnsuidhe.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Homes and buildings will thus resemble small forts more than ever before in California.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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This patch—corresponding to modern-day Bertie County, less than 100 miles inland from Roanoke Island—was found to conceal a red-and-blue symbol resembling a fort.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Fortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortification. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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