as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a series of forts along the frontier
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Recent Examples of fort
The fort, which is normally closed to the public, is adjacent to Malta Film Studios, and is likely the only movie studio backlot that includes a 17th century complex full of actual prisons, ruins and fortifications as part of the available sets.
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Pat Saperstein, Variety, 9 July 2025
The fort was completed in 1861, but never saw active military engagement.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
The fort was established around 80 A.D., predating Hadrian's Wall by a few decades.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
One highlight was an elephant ride in Amber Palace, a prominent fort and notable tourist attraction in Jaipur, and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
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Pat Saperstein, Variety, 9 July 2025
The fort was completed in 1861, but never saw active military engagement.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
The fort was established around 80 A.D., predating Hadrian's Wall by a few decades.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
One highlight was an elephant ride in Amber Palace, a prominent fort and notable tourist attraction in Jaipur, and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fort
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In real life, the high-tech Utah fortress from the streaming film Mountainhead is available as a $60,000-a-night rental in Utah, and Yellowstone’s iconic Montana ranch lets guests live out their Western drama fantasies.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Aug. 2025
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The new Carnage maze coming to Magic Mountain this Halloween season will take visitors inside a fortress ruled by a villainous clown named Carnage.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
11 Aug. 2025
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Events and rallies are also scheduled in dozens of other states, both in Democratic strongholds and Republican-majority states.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Republican strongholds such as Ohio, Indiana, Florida and Missouri are seen as having greater potential to expand their representation through redistricting.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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This would force Ukraine to built fortifications to be built along the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk border areas, the terrain of which is poorly suited to act as a defensive line, the ISW said.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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Since 2021, a team led by Jonathan Burns, an archaeologist at Juniata College, has been working with students and veterans on private land a few miles from Fort Ligonier, a military fortification built during the French and Indian War, to uncover physical evidence of the battle.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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These Starships, and other independent new rockets waiting in the wings, Worden says, are the key to building up the first Martian citadels, and to the emergence of a twin-planet civilization.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Several years ago, lidar surveys revealed that a small replica of Teotihuacán’s citadel lies just outside Tikal’s center.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, ancient castles rise from misty riverbanks—like Trim and Kilkenny—as woolly sheep graze across emerald pastures.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Thank you to everyone who visited the castle and estate during the 2025 summer season.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Fetterman's approval in the Democratic bastion of Philadelphia is underwater, with 43 percent approving and 48 percent disapproving of him, according to Lee.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Connecticut has been a bastion of punk rock since the punk movement first began in the 1970s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
27 July 2025
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fort. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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