palisade 1 of 2

as in cliff
a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice the palisades that line the west bank of the Hudson River for about 15 miles

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Noun
Peck passed an area racked and rearranged last fall by the Merbok storm, evidence of the disfigurement still evident in the clusters of mangled fish camps and spiky bundles of driftwood poking through the snow cover like palisades or anti-tank obstacles in no-man’s land. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023 As Steven Morris writes for the Guardian, the Mount Pleasant complex originally consisted of a timber-and-stone monument; a henge, or circular enclosure surrounded by a ditch; and a palisade, or fence made out of enormous felled trees. Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2020 The homes, the stilts and the palisade burned and quickly collapsed into the river. Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2019 Some of the palisade troughs researchers discovered were still intact upon excavation, Radio Prague International reports. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for palisade
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Noun
  • Markets rose in early trading Friday, with S&P 500 futures up 0.8% and bond yields nudging higher, reflecting investor confidence that the economy is cooling gradually — not falling off a cliff.
    Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 6 June 2025
  • Photo by Barbara Smits/Shutterstock Miner’s Beach Shingleton, Michigan Sandstone cliffs stained red, blue, and brown by minerals line Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
    Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • United Airline flight attendants picketed outside Terminal B at Logan Airport Thursday morning seeking a new contract.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 May 2025
  • Some picketing workers have said the erosion in health benefits, marked by higher premiums and deductibles, essentially erased the pay increases offered by the company.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Fun fact: The Pine Ridge is a 100-mile-long escarpment of sandstone bluffs and the main geologic feature of northwest Nebraska.
    Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 20 May 2025
  • The rim is a 1,200-foot-tall escarpment that rises dramatically above a broad valley, giving you the perfect perch for spotting the show.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But as America walls itself off, China also has a golden opportunity to reset trade relations with the rest of the world.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
  • Plus, the goal has always been to immerse guests in the real Jamaica—not wall them off.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There are three crags, and the plan is to develop one at a time, says J.D. Borgeson, the coalition's treasurer.
    Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025
  • Ultimately, the Clear Creek crags would only flirt with the wildfire.
    Hannah Provost, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For You, these acts are attempts to preserve art’s political orientation as left-wing and capitalism-critical—albeit produced under extreme capitalist conditions and in full awareness of that cognitive dissonance.
    Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • The approved budget would preserve the portion of the program for those 65 and older, allocating $110 million for that coverage.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Downtown Bay Saint Louis has very little elevation, so many buildings were destroyed in Katrina though a small bluff protected some of the buildings located in the downtown area.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • The herds eat away at shrubs, brush and vegetation in bluffs and cliffs.
    Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Encouragingly, loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean have begun nesting in cooler areas potentially a natural adaptation to buffer against extreme warming.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • As a rule of thumb, allow ample time for transportation — at least an extra hour to buffer against scheduling mishaps or contingencies.
    Noah W. Miller, New York Times, 19 May 2025

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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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