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fastness

noun as in swiftness

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At night, it retreats to its separate fastnesses.

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Ferrell is exactly right as Buddy, who as an infant at an orphanage found his way into Santa’s bag and became the first human to penetrate into the fastness of his North Pole workshop.

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MycoWorks says that its material meets the performance standards of cowhide in durability, color fastness and tensile strength.

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With each description from the world’s best players about the beastliness of Augusta National on Thursday — its firmness, its fastness, its fickle wind — Justin Rose’s round gained more shine as it went along.

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I have many servants in my mountain fastness, and all the riches I could dream of.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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