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cantonments

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plural of cantonment

as in barracks

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Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.

— Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 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

Definition of barracks

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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

Definition of garrisons

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Well, the guys who have been through that grind many times over — Mahomes (10 training camps with Reid), Travis Kelce (14) and Chris Jones (11) — say this training camp was unlike any of those past iterations.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
There weren’t separate camps of actors, circus artists, dancers, musicians, puppeteers or singers.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
A number of defensive forts were planned across the island, including one to be erected right where the Africans had been buried.

— Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of forts

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During the seven years that it was occupied by British forces, Manhattan had been ravaged by fires, picked over by looters, covered in fortifications, and swollen with refugees.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
The historic military fort overlooks the entrance to the Halifax Harbour and boasts old fortifications, historic artifacts, and unbeatable ocean views.

— Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of fortifications

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Virginia Sin’s ceramic Olo hooks look much more like miniature art installations, but don’t be afraid to put them to work.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
Krohn had come to New York in the 1970s from Portland, Oregon, and got work building installations for Soho galleries including Sperone and Marian Goodman.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of installations

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized West Bank settler outposts to be dismantled as his government faces growing scrutiny from the United States to rein in violence against Palestinians.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026
Since 2023, more than 200 new settlements and outposts have been built or are under construction.

— Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

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