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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Access it from the Missouri side via Riverview Drive, where Chain of Rocks Park, with a pavilion and gated parking, opened in 2024.
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Plans call for an unlit driving range, chipping and putting areas with gated entrance.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
This would obviously provide the biggest benefits to owners of pricey McMansions in gated communities, which could see tax breaks tax savings up to thousands of dollars per household.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
By the time the boys were teenagers, Kent was one of the largest security contractors in South Florida, supplying guards for gated communities, parties at the Versace mansion, and Miami City Hall.
—James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Plans call for an unlit driving range, chipping and putting areas with gated entrance.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
This would obviously provide the biggest benefits to owners of pricey McMansions in gated communities, which could see tax breaks tax savings up to thousands of dollars per household.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
By the time the boys were teenagers, Kent was one of the largest security contractors in South Florida, supplying guards for gated communities, parties at the Versace mansion, and Miami City Hall.
—James D. Walsh, Curbed, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gated. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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