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
Texas is the bastion of common sense, law and order, and the land of unlimited opportunity.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Observing an actual Parisian rejecting butter—one of France’s holy trinity of dairy products, along with cheese and crème fraîche—was a window into the new wellness culture seeping into what might have been the world’s last bastion of free-flowing wine and glutinous bread.
—Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
The democracy advocate’s arrest and trial have raised concerns about the decline of press freedom in what was once an Asian bastion of media independence.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The democracy advocate's arrest and trial have raised concerns about the decline of press freedom in what was once an Asian bastion of media independence.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Observing an actual Parisian rejecting butter—one of France’s holy trinity of dairy products, along with cheese and crème fraîche—was a window into the new wellness culture seeping into what might have been the world’s last bastion of free-flowing wine and glutinous bread.
—Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
The democracy advocate’s arrest and trial have raised concerns about the decline of press freedom in what was once an Asian bastion of media independence.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The democracy advocate's arrest and trial have raised concerns about the decline of press freedom in what was once an Asian bastion of media independence.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastion
Noun
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The most dramatic action from that mandate was the seizure in late January of ballots and 2020 election records from Fulton County in Georgia, a Democratic stronghold that includes Atlanta.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Zillow recently ranked the exclusive community as the most expensive in the country, edging past traditional luxury strongholds like Beverly Hills.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Worth singling out for praise is the Treehouse Suite, the only option which lies outside of the main fortress.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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Collins, a 9/11 truther and QAnon convert who sports a black MAGA hat and custom dental fangs, moved to rural Shawmut, Montana, in 2016 to build a bug-out — an off-grid fortress suitable for waiting out a plague or world war — and raise horses with his wife, Starla.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ray, by contrast, is a figure of intermittent but undeniable mirth—a citadel of physical perfection whose sublimity occasionally touches the ridiculous.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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The tiny, wooded citadel is the northernmost Stone Age stronghold anywhere in Eurasia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An excavator was levelling the ground to build more fortifications.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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In the end, the fortifications that mattered most were those that strengthened Rome against the invaders that could not be seen.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There used to be a down season in Edinburgh, when Scotland's capital city—with its beautiful Gothic buildings, cobblestoned Royal Mile, and 12th-century castle keeping watch on a hilltop—caught a slight breather from tourists.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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What was the general feeling in the castle about Rob?—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Bastion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastion. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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