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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At one of the nearby gated communities, security guard Angel Guerrero said the fire appeared to grow around 1 a.m. when the winds shifted, prompting some residents to panic.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The 17,000-square-foot estate covers 11 gated, waterfront acres in the 9200 block of Sweetleaf Place.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
The youngest of the pair was filmed standing guard in front of the gated area, in an attempt to try to stop their owner from leaving.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
These people are caged—not in their homes, and not in the underground cells of Venezuela’s notorious prisons, but in a gated villa shaded by palm trees.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The 17,000-square-foot estate covers 11 gated, waterfront acres in the 9200 block of Sweetleaf Place.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
The youngest of the pair was filmed standing guard in front of the gated area, in an attempt to try to stop their owner from leaving.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
These people are caged—not in their homes, and not in the underground cells of Venezuela’s notorious prisons, but in a gated villa shaded by palm trees.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gated. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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