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Recent Examples of bastion The film’s whimsical marketing campaign has focused on Tatum’s gleeful roller-skating and dancing in that bastion of ’90s consumerism, but Roofman itself is a slippier thing. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025 The Suns have been a bastion of chaos since Mat Ishbia purchased the team in 2023. Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Sports, one of the last bastions of bipartisan broadcast TV viewing, is apt to keep the network-station binary from completely dissolving. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025 Home to some of the greatest artists, composers, writers, and philosophers of recent centuries, Germany is a cradle of history and bastion of contemporary culture, filled with enriching sights to explore and experience on your next journey. AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bastion
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Noun
  • The province has long been a political stronghold for the Peronists, marking a dramatic political shift.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The move also highlights the Democratic Party’s internal reckoning over its ideological future, especially in urban strongholds like New York City.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The fantastic architecture includes Etruscan walls, the Gothic Palazzo dei Priori, and Rocca Paolina, a Renaissance fortress.
    John Skelton, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Directed by Oscar winner Bille August, The Count of Monte Cristo stars Claflin as Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who was falsely accused of treason and is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a grim island fortress off Marseille, France.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Others share the fear that a Trumpified Weiss is storming the citadel of objective journalism.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The rest of the population lived as farmers outside the city, taking refuge inside a city citadel only in times of conflict.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Parts of those medieval fortifications can still be seen today in the museum’s lower levels.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Historians believe the castle featured living quarters and fortifications, plus courtyards, kitchens, houses and workshops.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The five-star hotel recently completed a massive renovation, bringing an even more regal feel to the lobby and other common areas, including a spectacular crystal chandelier that depicts a castle.
    Megan duBois, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • After the pair inspected the guards on the lawn of the nearly 1,000-year-old castle, they were pictured chatting outdoors.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Bastion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastion. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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