as in stronghold
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight
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Recent Examples of fortress
Shuri-jô Castle, Okinawa One of the finest examples of Chinese castle architecture is Shuri, a hilltop fortress and palace complex on the island of Okinawa in Japan.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Along with its use as a fortress, the castle was built to honor Infante Luis of Spain, the brother of King Carlos III and the son of King Felipe V of Spain.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
Befitting the 21st century, the central character is not a beleaguered Master of the Universe but a doorman named Chicky Diaz working at an exclusive Central Park West building called the Bohemia, a storied fortress not unlike the Dakota, the Beresford, or the San Remo.
—Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 31 May 2025
There was a powerful reason in the late 1950s to design an arts citadel like a Renaissance piazza on one side and a grim fortress on the other: prejudice.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 May 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Along with its use as a fortress, the castle was built to honor Infante Luis of Spain, the brother of King Carlos III and the son of King Felipe V of Spain.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
Befitting the 21st century, the central character is not a beleaguered Master of the Universe but a doorman named Chicky Diaz working at an exclusive Central Park West building called the Bohemia, a storied fortress not unlike the Dakota, the Beresford, or the San Remo.
—Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 31 May 2025
There was a powerful reason in the late 1950s to design an arts citadel like a Renaissance piazza on one side and a grim fortress on the other: prejudice.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortress
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To be most successful, the company must continue to balance its expansion into solving ultra-difficult scientific and engineering challenges using its supercomputers with maintaining its stronghold in EDA for chip makers.—
Anshel Sag,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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For the past fortnight the invasion force of eight thousand troops had sailed and rowed south for a hundred miles, from the Richelieu River in Quebec to within fifteen miles of the American stronghold at Fort Ticonderoga.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Prague Castle, Czech Republic Prague’s imposing citadel is also one of the few castles anywhere in the world that still boasts real political power — the official residence of the president of the Czech Republic.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 June 2025
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There was a powerful reason in the late 1950s to design an arts citadel like a Renaissance piazza on one side and a grim fortress on the other: prejudice.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
30 May 2025
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Such financial fortification provides the resilience needed to cover essential expenses, seize opportunities and outlast a downturn.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2025
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For Local-Secret Spa Vibes: Four Seasons Hotel at Tower Bridge A short stroll from the Tower of London, a historic medieval castle close to Tower Bridge, this neoclassical gem whose ballroom was the site of the inaugural General Assembly of the United Nations in 1946, feels almost cinematic.—
Rooksana Hossenally,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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But the true money shot was a spectacular sequence set in The Sandman’s HQ, a glistening sand castle, with light filtering through a glass kaleidoscope in the ceiling.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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Douglas County is trying to do something no other Colorado county has done in nearly 50 years — adopt home-rule authority that would give the conservative bastion south of Denver more autonomy and powers of self-governance.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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The Federalist Society has become a bastion of that project, with Leo serving as its longtime former executive vice president.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
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The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
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Jaros provided vital cover for Liverpool when Alisson was injured between October and December, and No 2 goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher had to step in and hold the fort.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Fortress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortress. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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