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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
Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, alliances with various European powers shifted and forts rose, then fell into piles of matchsticks.
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Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Then photos and displays of Black achievement throughout military history that had been on view in forts and military installations were largely removed.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
The area is dotted with many extravagant forts and palaces built by the Rajputs.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
For a real sense of seclusion, opt for one of the family pool villas that feel like miniature forts.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
Our chairs are for sitting on, not for constructing elaborate forts.
—Eddie Small, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
The wall runs east to west from the North Sea to the Irish Sea and has various forts like Vindolanda and towers regularly spaced.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2025
Simply put, a glamping sleepover combines the fun of a slumber party with building forts in the living room—and a side of luxury—to turn things into a party.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
Even parks created around historic homes, forts, ships, factories, mines or a Cold War missile site tend to be set in some of the Bay Area’s most scenic locations.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Then photos and displays of Black achievement throughout military history that had been on view in forts and military installations were largely removed.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
The area is dotted with many extravagant forts and palaces built by the Rajputs.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
For a real sense of seclusion, opt for one of the family pool villas that feel like miniature forts.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
Our chairs are for sitting on, not for constructing elaborate forts.
—Eddie Small, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
The wall runs east to west from the North Sea to the Irish Sea and has various forts like Vindolanda and towers regularly spaced.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2025
Simply put, a glamping sleepover combines the fun of a slumber party with building forts in the living room—and a side of luxury—to turn things into a party.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 6 Dec. 2025
Even parks created around historic homes, forts, ships, factories, mines or a Cold War missile site tend to be set in some of the Bay Area’s most scenic locations.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forts
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Meanwhile, history buffs will love exploring the island’s capital via colorful Spanish-colonial architecture and imposing, ancient fortresses like La Fortaleza and El Morro.—
Brittany Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Collective investments in resilience are cheaper than everyone building their own fortresses.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Some are outfitted with dozens of pounds of explosives to self-destruct near fortifications or bridges.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
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Passmore’s magisterial, revisionist account of the Maginot Line—the network of French fortifications built in the 1920s and 1930s to stop a German invasion—challenges the conventional understanding of its role in World War II.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Marquis said some of the most stunning protest growth has happened in areas such as Surprise, Glendale, Anthem and Peoria, traditional conservative strongholds.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The majority of these clients use clinics in California, one of the strongholds of the forty-two-billion-dollar global fertility industry.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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While many American cities are painted as bastions of murder, a new report has revealed that this is not actually the case.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
27 Jan. 2026
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Wikipedia is one of the last bastions of the early internet, but that original vision of a free online space has been clouded by the dominance of Big Tech platforms and the rise of generative AI chatbots trained on content scraped from the web.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Jan. 2026
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Later venturing into other legacy brands like Ebony and Jet, Dubois Barnett developed the idea for this project while running those content castles, starting the book in the early 2000s, then taking a break from writing it ’cause life be life’n.—
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The skyline seems built from the splintered remains of ancient castles.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The story is a bit murkier than Manichaean talk of stormers and citadels.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Intelsat’s leadership rapidly green-lighted the campaign to set up internet citadels.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Forts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forts. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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