1
: having or controlled by a gate
a gated entrance
2
: designed to restrict entrance usually by means of physical barriers, a private security force, and a controlled gate
gated communities
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The six-bedroom, seven-bath home is located on 10.5 acres in Littleton’s White Deer Valley, a gated community with mountain views.
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Sara B. Hansen, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The land trust, formed two years ago, is not a bid to halt development or become a gated community, Mr. Whiley says.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Calabasas, California In 2017, Lamar purchased a $2.65 million home in a gated community in Calabasas.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
As a result, evacuation orders have been lifted in parts of La Cañada Flintridge, Duarte and the gated communities of the Bradbury Estates.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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Sara B. Hansen, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The land trust, formed two years ago, is not a bid to halt development or become a gated community, Mr. Whiley says.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Calabasas, California In 2017, Lamar purchased a $2.65 million home in a gated community in Calabasas.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
As a result, evacuation orders have been lifted in parts of La Cañada Flintridge, Duarte and the gated communities of the Bradbury Estates.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gated. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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