as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a series of forts along the frontier
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Recent Examples of fort
And the locations are amazing — the shootout occurs at the fort of Sant’Andrea that nobody really knows anything about in Venice.
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Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
The studio setting opened up sonic possibilities unavailable inside a fort.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
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Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
The fort played an important role in the development of Sacramento.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
The studio setting opened up sonic possibilities unavailable inside a fort.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The plan also urges African countries to preserve former slave forts and castles as memorial sites.
—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
The fort played an important role in the development of Sacramento.
—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for fort
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fort
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Was a wedding at that hulking fortress in Midtown Manhattan gauche?
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The footage opens with fortress-like coastal imagery before moving into large-scale period sets, suggesting the film will have the epic scope of Hugo’s story while grounding it in a raw visual language.
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History fans should look out for the climb up to the Château de Montségur, once a stronghold of the Cathar religious rebels, and scene of a bloody siege in 1244.
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According to the indictment made public this week, the Hoovers had strongholds over specific hotels and motels in their territory, including the Stadium Inn & Spas.
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By the Second World War, pillboxes had become standard defense fortifications.
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During Fascism, the first fortification works arose, but also roads, houses, schools, a hospital.
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One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.
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Paton, 52, was in Peru with his wife to hike the Inca Trail, a popular route that ends at Machu Picchu, a citadel built by the Incas in the 15th century.
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Earlier this week, Daniel Bishop, Jim Bishop's son and the caretaker of Bishop Castle, was seriously injured while working on a structure next to the castle.
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Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.
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Because Cook County and the city of Chicago remain a Democratic bastion, new voters will not have the choice of getting new ideas or a fresh set of eyes from an independent or a Republican candidate.
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These organizations claim to be bastions of journalism, Defenders of Democracy, and heroes in the fight for truth in government.
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fort. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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