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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

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

But the Dow remains a bastion of balance and relative stability in a market that according to some analysts has become overly concentrated in one industry and one small cluster of stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Sir Peter had stood all of one night on the bastion directing and encouraging the men.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli




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