cantonments

plural of cantonment

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Noun
  • The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Because these positions are often held by relatively small Ukrainian garrisons due to the challenges of resupply, Russian forces that reach the town in sufficient numbers are likely to capture it.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
    Sam Metz, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Around 30 Maple Park Middle School students spent the last few weeks of the summer term weaving English language arts and STEM skills together to research the international soccer teams with base camps in Kansas City and create animatronics based on their findings.
    Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • For many kids, summer means camps, vacations, and sports.
    Tori Mason, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • But everyday people expressed their political outrage time and again, throwing rocks at and demolishing the houses of government officials, torching the king’s ships and forts and, eventually, marching to battle.
    Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
    David Szondy June 23, New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • Cannons and fortifications are also on the grounds.
    USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Richard Salmon, of The Air Conditioning Company, says the London firm has seen a 25-30% annual increase in installations since the residential lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Additionally, 42 aircraft were lost or damaged, and 20 military installations were hit, leading to $29 billion in repair costs and an $80 billion supplement request.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The parallel Katsuya brand was born, bringing sleek, high-end outposts to Brentwood, Hollywood, downtown and Century City.
    Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • The event is welcoming a slew of new participants this year, including New York’s Anton Kern Gallery; Richard Saltoun Gallery, based in London, Rome, and New York; and Nara Roesler, which has outposts in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and New York.
    News Desk, Artforum, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
    David Szondy June 23, New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • The trailers show that Eternia was once a vibrant alien-like world with multi-colored forests, massive mountains and fortresses with towering faces carved into their entrances.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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“Cantonments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantonments. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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