Thesaurus results for FORTS

forts

noun

plural of fort

as in fortresses

a structure or place from which one can resist attack a series of forts along the frontier

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Recent Examples of forts Jones examines the role America has played in the broader history of castles, from early fortifications to Civil War-era forts. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Black public figures mingle with slave forts and the most vaunted creations of high art. — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 In Stone Town, palaces, forts, and winding streets speak to centuries of trade across the Indian Ocean. — Cherri Briggs, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2026 Also available in 6' x 6' and 8' x 8', choose your size for movie marathons, cozy campfires, ultimate blanket forts and beyond. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Much of the stone used to construct Hadrian’s Wall and its forts and milecastles was recycled over the centuries, but the stone footings largely remain, as do the flanking ditches. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026 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 From the sprawling stone forts of early American history in the north, to the mangroves of the Everglades and protected reefs of Biscayne to the south, our state is a masterpiece of biodiversity and coastal wonder. — Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

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The history of castles is, of course, also filled with gruesome details, and some of the most famous fortresses served as prisons and sites of torture and execution.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The structures include monasteries and fortresses that showcase the reign of the Lombards, who played a major role in the development of medieval European Christianity.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of fortresses

Noun

During the Nazi occupation of France, Germany began building the Atlantic Wall, a series of defensive fortifications stretching along the coast from Spain to Norway.

— Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Houses were rebuilt over the remains of earlier houses, incorporating old walls and materials into new construction; basilicas became churches and churches became mosques; obsolete city walls and fortifications became boulevards and promenades.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of fortifications

Noun

Tuesday's midterm elections catapulted Democratic Senate and gubernatorial candidates to statewide victories in Republican strongholds like Ohio and Texas, both of which play host to a number of AI data centers.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Democrats won the House, the Senate, and a majority of governorships, penetrating deep into historically red strongholds like Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of strongholds

Noun

At the start of this election cycle, the notion that Democrats would seriously compete in such deep-red bastions as Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas would have seemed absurd.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
So far in Orange County, one of the Florida’s few blue bastions, Democrats account for roughly half of the ballots cast.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of bastions

Noun

And yet Trump wants to turn the White House and an outpost on the Potomac into similar citadels, with little regard for why America’s capital city was named for one of its greatest examples of unadorned republican virtue.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Castellón To the north, Castellón unfolds as a mountainous marvel where medieval citadels, golden beaches, and tiny fishing villages create a landscape of contrasts, with the scent of citrus perfuming the air.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026