: placed or enclosed in a box
boxed foods
a boxed lunch
… arrived at noon on Monday in a cream-colored Ford station wagon with the back end full of boxed religious tracts.—
B. J. Oliphant
see also box set
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Skip the boxed mix and impress your game day crowd with homemade brownies.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Due to the potential for this side effect, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a boxed warning—the most serious warning by the FDA regarding risks.1
People who have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer should not take Ozempic.
—Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2025
Springsteen himself clearly changed his mind about his Nineties output in the process of working on the boxed set.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
Makary did not say if the FDA planned to change the boxed warning on menopause hormone therapies.
—The Hill, 22 July 2025
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
Due to the potential for this side effect, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a boxed warning—the most serious warning by the FDA regarding risks.1
People who have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer should not take Ozempic.
—Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 18 Aug. 2025
Springsteen himself clearly changed his mind about his Nineties output in the process of working on the boxed set.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
Makary did not say if the FDA planned to change the boxed warning on menopause hormone therapies.
—The Hill, 22 July 2025
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“Boxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxed. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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