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bastion

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


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From 1983 to 1995, High Performance was published by Astro Artz, renamed 18th Street Arts Center in 1990, and a bastion of performance art to this day.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Iran is no bastion of free expression, in other words, which anyone bopping to those raps about enacting revenge on “the Baal-worshipping Epstein crew” must remember.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

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 parts of the Midwest remain a bastion of affordability.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

A second memo, from a captain, seemed aimed at shaking up the tower personnel, who were no doubt a bastion of complacency.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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