laagers

noun

plural of laager, South African
as in installations

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  1. installations
  2. barracks
  3. garrisons
  4. camps
  5. posts
  6. outposts
  7. fortifications
  8. bases
Noun
  • But in 2025, the five biggest turbine suppliers by annual installations were, for the first time, all Chinese, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • What readers are saying The comments reflect a debate over the use of Flock cameras, with concerns about privacy, unauthorized installations, and potential misuse by law enforcement.
    — Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of installations
Noun
  • Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of barracks
Noun
  • Because these positions are often held by relatively small Ukrainian garrisons due to the challenges of resupply, Russian forces that reach the town in sufficient numbers are likely to capture it.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Iran maintains military assets and garrisons on the islands.
    — Sam Metz, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of garrisons
Noun
  • Even local landmarks can have a part in shameful history, with de Courcy noting that Memorial Auditorium was a staging area for the shipment of Japanese American residents to internment camps for during World War II.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hayes has regularly scheduled the senior and U-23 camps to run concurrently in hopes of extending the growing fluidity between their rosters.
    — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of camps
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  • The country’s foreign affairs minister also got a warm welcome onstage at a September event in New York, where Cuban Americans for Cuba spoke, according to organizers’ online posts.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Commenters on both Babsky and Johnson's makeup artist Georgie Eisdel’s Instagram posts begged the artists to share shade details.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of posts
Noun
  • The Iraqi military has said Turkey maintains five major bases and almost 100 smaller outposts in Iraq.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Without SpaceX’s Dragon, the only option for getting people to and from those orbital outposts could be Boeing’s Starliner — a spacecraft that was developed under the same NASA program as Crew Dragon.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of outposts
Noun
  • During the seven years that it was occupied by British forces, Manhattan had been ravaged by fires, picked over by looters, covered in fortifications, and swollen with refugees.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The historic military fort overlooks the entrance to the Halifax Harbour and boasts old fortifications, historic artifacts, and unbeatable ocean views.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of fortifications
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  • While the 28-year-old hit 19 homers and stole 41 bases, his 98 wRC+ ranked 14th among qualified second basemen.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • To cover other basic bases, this laptop rocks a standard 60Hz refresh rate, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of storage, which is typical for a laptop at this price point.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bases
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