Thesaurus results for BASTION

bastion

noun

ˈbas-chən

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 However, Musk's X has often been hailed by conservatives as a bastion of free speech. —

Angrej Singh, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024 Preliminary signs suggest that few Americans will miss either CRT or DEI, which state and local governments, courts, the private sector, and, increasingly, even the fading left-leaning bastions of academia and legacy media are racing to abandon. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024 Long a bastion of white males, the 94 district courts and 13 courts of appeals form the core of the federal judicial structure. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 The intervention in Syria also allowed Russia to assume the role of protector of Christians in the Middle East—a role that, in Putin’s view, decadent Western powers had abdicated, and a mission that fit neatly with Putin’s desire to present Russia as Europe’s last bastion of Christian values. —

Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences 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
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