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
Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of the early internet, but that original vision of a free online space has been clouded by the dominance of Big Tech platforms and the rise of generative AI chatbots trained on content scraped from the web.
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Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
Government leaders and top executives will descend on the Swiss Alps starting Monday for the annual World Economic Forum, the bastion of globalization under strain amid a tumultuous geopolitical landscape.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 18 Jan. 2026
And the tradition of hit-making in Memphis endured an exodus of business to Nashville and Atlanta in the 70s and 80s to live again as an underrated bastion of pop rock and hip-hop in the 90s and 2000s.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Luckily for you, Heywood Hill, London’s premier bookshop and long-standing bastion of taste, has just the thing.
—Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
Government leaders and top executives will descend on the Swiss Alps starting Monday for the annual World Economic Forum, the bastion of globalization under strain amid a tumultuous geopolitical landscape.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 18 Jan. 2026
And the tradition of hit-making in Memphis endured an exodus of business to Nashville and Atlanta in the 70s and 80s to live again as an underrated bastion of pop rock and hip-hop in the 90s and 2000s.
—Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Luckily for you, Heywood Hill, London’s premier bookshop and long-standing bastion of taste, has just the thing.
—Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastion
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Rehmet’s victory was especially encouraging to Democratic Party leadership, considering the district is considered a red stronghold.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Feb. 2026
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Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, was elected mayor of New York City, a Democratic stronghold that saw the highest voter turnout in a mayor’s race in 50 years.—
John Hanna,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes they’re even seen walking among the ruins of the imposing 10th-century Ranthambore Fort, a hikeable hilltop fortress in the park’s center brimming with langur monkeys.—
Laura Kiniry,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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Right now, though, Payton is betting he’s built a fortress impenetrable to such thoughts as long as there is still an opponent ahead.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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The area was once a citadel complex in the time of King Herod, who ruled from 37 to 5 B.C. after he was appointed king of Judea by the Romans.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The sprawling citadel — complete with towers, walls and barracks — was discovered at the Tel el-Kharouba archaeological site in the Sinai Peninsula, according to an Oct. 11 news release from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of millions more are dedicated to smaller, local road projects and the fortification of rural bridges.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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In September 2023, in the middle of the Northumberland night, a mechanic named Adam Carruthers cut down a sycamore tree more than a century old that stood in a gap along an especially picturesque section of Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman fortification that runs across the narrowest part of England.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Most memorably, Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) knocked out Nigel Berbrooke (Jamie Beamish) with a punch in the Walled Garden area of the 18th-century castle grounds in one scene.—
Kayla Keegan,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Medieval Times, a dinner show set in a castle from medieval times, opens in Kissimmee.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Bastion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastion. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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