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Recent Examples of palisade
Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
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
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Verb
The discovery of palisades suggests the settlement was fortified with thousands of spiked planks used as defensive barricades, but archaeologists are unsure why it was needed by villagers.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palisade
Noun
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And thanks to the towering cliffs that shield the shoreline from strong winds, the beaches often stay warm even as the air cools.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Union officials said workers would picket both work sites around the clock.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
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The union has vowed to strike and picket the two local facilities until better terms are on the table.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Perched on the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley with the Ewaso Narok River to the east and the slopes of Mount Kenya to the south, andBeyond Suyian Lodge offers endless panoramic views and access to a wide variety of landscapes, from savannas to rivers and Vechellia woodlands.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The first two shows of this season have been wall to wall.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, OpenAI and its rivals have also become more aggressive in their efforts to keep individual users walled into their chatbots, where the companies can accrue valuable data and charge subscription fees.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare.—
Tim Kelly,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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These shoes keep me comfortable all day, even when rock hopping and scrambling to get to the crag.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Seven months into his presidency, his administration has paused efforts to preserve affordable housing redevelopments nationwide.—
Lizzie Kane,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Staying informed on fiscal and monetary trends, stress-testing your business against different economic scenarios and exploring digital assets can help preserve resilience and long-term growth.—
Alex Pron,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His cellphone had somehow fallen out of his pocket on the bluff, and that was more than a problem.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The island wallflower stabilizes sand dunes and bluffs along the California coast and on the Channel Islands.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The work happened over a 10-day period, with crews adding 2,500 cubic yards of sand along more than a quarter-mile of shoreline to help buffer the tracks from waves and improve resilience against erosion.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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In agroforestry systems, shade trees can buffer heat and drought, often reducing evaporation from soil and moderating plants’ water stress.—
Paul Mwebaze,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Palisade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palisade. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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