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Definition of stronghold
1 : a fortified place
2a : a place of security or survival one of the last strongholds of the ancient Gaelic language — George Holmesb : a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic a Republican stronghold strongholds of snobbery — Lionel Trilling
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Examples of stronghold in a Sentence
The area is a Republican stronghold.
The rebels retreated to their mountain stronghold.
the last stronghold of the endangered deer
Recent Examples of stronghold from the Web
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Curtailed Freedoms The route of the march took protesters through many of the small Anatolian towns where Erdogan has a stronghold.
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Conservatives have long had a stronghold on political radio — is Pod Save the People the liberal response?
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The state is the biggest Democratic stronghold in the nation, and its leaders have been challenging Mr. Trump and his policies at every turn.
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The coastal and central San Diego 52nd isn’t considered anybody’s stronghold and usually is viewed as a swing district.
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Most of the 15 districts are Democratic strongholds (including Silicon Valley, San Francisco, northwest Boston suburbs).
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Is Daenerys about to send the Unsullied to lay waste to the Lannister stronghold or is Grey Worm just hanging out by some random, Lannister-unaffiliated rock wall? 4.
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He was arrested by Haitian police while giving a live radio interview in the capital of Port-au-Prince in January and whisked immediately to the U.S., prompting angry protests in his stronghold in southwestern Haiti.
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Democrat Jon Ossoff is locked in a neck-and-neck race against Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s sixth congressional district, which has been a Republican stronghold for over a decade.
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First Known Use of stronghold
15th century
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: an area where most people have the same beliefs, values, etc. : an area dominated by a particular group
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: a protected place where the members of a military group stay and can defend themselves against attacks
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: an area where a particular type of uncommon animal can still be found
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