as in fortifications
a place at which a body of troops is stationed
During the civil war this was the site of an army garrison.
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Recent Examples of garrisons
Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
—Sam Metz, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Reestablishing native plants and animals, such as through reseeding efforts, brings back nature’s own garrisons to keep future waves of invaders at bay.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Although originally built as a military post housing garrisons sent to quell the Jacobite uprisings, the beautiful town today has a happier purpose.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
But the attacks continue, extending fuel shortages to large swathes of central and southern Mali and isolating garrisons of government forces.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
Because these positions are often held by relatively small Ukrainian garrisons due to the challenges of resupply, Russian forces that reach the town in sufficient numbers are likely to capture it.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
—Sam Metz, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Reestablishing native plants and animals, such as through reseeding efforts, brings back nature’s own garrisons to keep future waves of invaders at bay.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Although originally built as a military post housing garrisons sent to quell the Jacobite uprisings, the beautiful town today has a happier purpose.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
But the attacks continue, extending fuel shortages to large swathes of central and southern Mali and isolating garrisons of government forces.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrisons
Noun
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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
Verb
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Michael Jackson Fills 10 Spaces This Week The R&B Streaming Songs chart features 15 slots, and Jackson occupies 10 of them at the moment.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The Downtown Historic District occupies just eight blocks and includes some of Orlando’s oldest surviving commercial buildings built between the 1880s and the 1940s.—
Sarah M. Boye,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There's no question that the United States has a credible threat of force, but the blockade really blockades ourselves as well as Iran.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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As the United States military blockades the Strait of Hormuz fuel prices rose above $100 dollars a barrel.—
Contessa Brewer,Dawn Giel,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The brothers spent hours playing around their grandmother’s house—climbing trees, building forts, and racing through cornfields—but their home life was fraught.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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There are also old military forts and the scenic Dyce Head Lighthouse to explore.—
Kira Turnbull,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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Meta, Anthropic and Apple all now use TPUs, as Google increasingly encroaches on a market cornered by Nvidia's graphics processing units.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements.—
Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Noun
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These criticisms broadly fall into a few camps, some with more scientific legitimacy than others.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
18 June 2026
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This package combines stops at Victoria Falls, the Okavango Delta, and the red dunes of Sossusvlei with memorable hotel stays, fine dining, and luxury safari camps.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
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