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.
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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.
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Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
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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.
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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.
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Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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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.
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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
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By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
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Cannons and fortifications are also on the grounds.
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Re-Teck occupies a unique position in this emerging market.
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The first opening, Le Graal Cortina, occupies a 1920s Austrian heritage building just steps from the town center and ski lifts, reimagined by Italian architect Achille Salvagni—his first hotel project.
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The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
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The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
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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.
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As the United States military blockades the Strait of Hormuz fuel prices rose above $100 dollars a barrel.
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The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Old San Juan’s blue‑cobblestone streets wind past 16th‑century forts, sherbet‑colored rowhouses and plazas.
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This revival finds new power in the intimate story of a family learning to love again set against one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century, as the Nazi regime rises to power and authoritarianism encroaches on daily life.
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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.
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Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements.
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Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements.
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Around 30 Maple Park Middle School students spent the last few weeks of the summer term weaving English language arts and STEM skills together to research the international soccer teams with base camps in Kansas City and create animatronics based on their findings.
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For many kids, summer means camps, vacations, and sports.
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“Garrisons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrisons. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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