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
Europe is expected to remain a bastion of growth, though less value-driven.
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
This also is one of Europe’s oldest wine-growing regions, the bastion of the Riesling grape.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Hama province also borders Latakia, a coastal region that serves as a bastion of support for the regime.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Launched nearly a century ago, the Scandinavian automaker has made a name for itself as a bastion of car safety.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 22 Oct. 2024
This also is one of Europe’s oldest wine-growing regions, the bastion of the Riesling grape.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Hama province also borders Latakia, a coastal region that serves as a bastion of support for the regime.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Launched nearly a century ago, the Scandinavian automaker has made a name for itself as a bastion of car safety.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastion
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During Spain’s colonial rule of the Philippines, which lasted from the mid-sixteenth century until 1898, Spanish priests staged folk dramas in town plazas; called moro-moro, the performances featured Christian soldiers dramatically capturing Islamic strongholds.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The steakhouse may be no longer, but Fertitta still has a stronghold in the category in New York.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
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The fortress is made up of two distinct areas: a core inner fortress that researchers say show signs of year-round residential use and a more sprawling outer area that may have been used more occasionally by roaming pastoral groups.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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Geographically, the United States is both an economic hub and a military fortress.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 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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Aerial views from the drone revealed a roughly 1-kilometer-long fortification wall snaking around the fortress that wasn’t immediately visible to the naked eye.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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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
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From the moment Sandoval arrives at the castle in Episode 1, his mere presence incites derision.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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The black and white marble floor blocks and the 20,000 mission tiles for the roof were found in a Cuban castle.Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Bastion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastion. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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