as in residence
a building or group of buildings typically used to house soldiers
The soldier was moved to a different barracks. He was confined to barracks for insubordination.
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Noun
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According to police documents, surveillance footage showed a man approach the piano room on the south side of the governor's residence, smash a window and throw a Molotov cocktail inside.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025 -
What To Know Photos shared online after the arson attack revealed how parts of the residence had been destroyed by the flames and thick smoke.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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New garrisons have been constructed at the Chinese 655th Brigade in the northeastern Jilin province since October 2020, operating the DF-17 MRBM, according to the think tank.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Russian garrison met them with a swarm of fiber-optic drones—and defeated the attack, sowing the snowy fields around Berdin with the mangled bodies of dead paratroopers.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Plus, there’s a two-level guest house with its own kitchen and living area.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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Long ago, the British failed to take the fort, and Francis Scott Key wrote a poem.—
Maya C. Popa,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ava thanks him for holding down the fort so well in her absence, and finally, peace is restored at Abbott Elementary.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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These are players whose names wouldn't be on everybody's lips, even three camps ago.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Oz: The tensions were so crazy, and there were different camps.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Lesotho Communications Authority said the license would be in place for 10 years.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2025
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Beloved at-home mani brand Olive & June offers tab press-on options—think of them as a much stronger double-sided tape that secures your faux nail in place.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the military cantonment, a formidable army stood at the ready, awaiting its lords’ commands.—
Salman Rushdie,
The New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2022
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A day earlier, Iraqi troops began turning up in quantity at the huge British cantonment at Basra Airport.—
Simon Akam,
The Atlantic,
20 Feb. 2021
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Supporters of Galloway’s bill argued that the city’s enforcement of its ban has been lax, forcing residents and business owners near encampments to confront people experiencing mental illness, using drugs or making customers feel unsafe.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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Among the most high profile arrests is green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, the lead negotiator of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University last spring who graduated in December.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Barracks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracks. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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