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as in fortresses
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege
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as in mansions
a large impressive residence
the mining tycoon built a magnificent castle on the hill overlooking the town
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Recent Examples of castles
The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
There is a youth zone for bouncy castles, video game trucks, and there is music.
—Justin Adams, CBS News, 19 June 2026
One of England’s great private castles, home to the Dent-Brocklehurst family since the 1830s, Sudeley Castle is the final resting place of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Between Christmas towns, kids can splash around in the small indoor pool or patrol the top deck for Elsa-worthy castles lining the banks of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
But today nobody complains about the cost of his castles.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
Trails weave through medieval castles, moorland and rugged coastlines.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Northumberland, in the United Kingdom, weaves trails through medieval sites — castles, moorland and rugged coastlines.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
Nolan and the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, wielding heavy IMAX cameras, shot their picture across the Mediterranean and beyond, in caves, castles, beaches, black-sand wastes, and open water.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
There is a youth zone for bouncy castles, video game trucks, and there is music.
—Justin Adams, CBS News, 19 June 2026
One of England’s great private castles, home to the Dent-Brocklehurst family since the 1830s, Sudeley Castle is the final resting place of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Between Christmas towns, kids can splash around in the small indoor pool or patrol the top deck for Elsa-worthy castles lining the banks of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
But today nobody complains about the cost of his castles.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
Trails weave through medieval castles, moorland and rugged coastlines.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Northumberland, in the United Kingdom, weaves trails through medieval sites — castles, moorland and rugged coastlines.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castles
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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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And by the turn of the twenty-first century, most of those tiny bungalows had been replaced by sprawling estates—fortresses for the entertainment elite, where Oscar trophies adorned mantels and wealth guarded from disaster.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Enter the brothers Moon, a troubled pair of Korean immigrant boxers who’ve carved out a life for themselves in the City of Angels, far away from the Beverly Hills mansions and Hollywood royalty of last season.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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The outdoor screenings take place across Aquidneck Island and are held on the lawns of historic mansions and in public parks.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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More than 140 polling stations were closed on voting day in the country’s two most-populous regions, Amhara and Oromo — both opposition strongholds — over safety concerns sparked by armed groups fighting the government.—
Jenny Vaughan,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
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As a result, Democrats make inroads even on longtime local Republican strongholds.—
Matthew Blinstrubas,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
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Cannons and fortifications are also on the grounds.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Built as a Crusader castle around the 12th century on top of previous fortifications, it has also been used by Saladin’s Jerusalem army, Mamluks, Ottomans, the French and the Palestine Liberation Organization.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2026
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
6 Dec. 2025
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One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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The story is a bit murkier than Manichaean talk of stormers and citadels.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Importantly, there is little evidence today that organizations can simply add AI to existing technology estates and naturally evolve into these agentic environments.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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“Castles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castles. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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