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bastion

[bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn] / ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən /


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Small towns, villages and hamlets -- home to around half of the central European nation's 9.5 million people -- have long been the bastion of the ruling Fidesz party.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

At that $500,000 price point, a buyer can still land a single-family home — an example of how the Midwest remains a bastion of affordability.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Discovery, it is simultaneously tackling the last bastion where traditional TV has an edge over streamers: sports and live events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

As a decentralized system whose channels and stations exist within the communities they serve, public media represents a last bastion of local and regional programming.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

It was among lean-to’s and adaptations—past ogham atones commemorating some long-dead Deag the son of No, built into a later bastion upside down.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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