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fort

noun

ˈfȯrt

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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 At the end of one of the castle’s walkways, after a turn or two—by electric cart, bicycle, or on foot—and with the air filled with the scent of pine, rosemary, and jasmine, the sentinels are waiting, carved into the rock where the fort’s cannons were once located. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Ever since her father left the fort almost a whole season ago, walking off into the darkening blue hills with both his hounds, never to return, her mother has taken to these long and aimless searches, sometimes with Brith and sometimes without. —

Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026 Built by Rajput rulers of the Chauhan clan, the fort later came under the control of the Delhi sultanate and the Mughals before returning to the Rajput rulers of Jaipur. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 June 2026 The fort has changed hands between the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Israeli military, the Lebanese government, and Hezbollah for decades. —

Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fort

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Behind the digital fortress of the apps, men have taken to upselling themselves to increase their odds of an in-person date, a development that prospective matches are none too thrilled with.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
The teller’s arm swept around the long-hut, the circular walls of the fortress that enclosed them in its embrace.

— Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026