as in coop
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages
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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Recent Examples of cage
Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Surveillance video later shared online shows a man in a dark-colored Nike sweatshirt flashing a small smirk before snatching the cage and dashing out the door.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Sean Neumann, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
No style captures that phenomenon as clearly as Balenciaga’s closed-toe cage sandal, which debuted in the fall 2007 runway show.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Surveillance video later shared online shows a man in a dark-colored Nike sweatshirt flashing a small smirk before snatching the cage and dashing out the door.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
An Arizona grandmother has been charged with caging her mentally disabled teenage granddaughter and abusing her to death earlier this week.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
Noun
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Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed and food dishes for a five-to-six-month rental period in the Pittsburgh region.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
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For about $500, Rent The Chicken provides a portable coop, two egg-laying hens that will lay eggs within two days of arrival and enough feed for the six-month contract.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Slash-resistant straps and lining will keep this bag firmly at your side throughout the day, while a roomy primary compartment will house all your essentials with room to spare.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2025
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Restaurant Aure is housed in a historic gunpowder house from 1745.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The animals can grow up to two pounds in less than a year.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Medium dogs weighing around 50 pounds live on average 7–10 years, and large dogs, over 50 pounds, live 6–8 years.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Muskies, on the other hand, are mostly confined to a small portion of North America.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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Where to look? Startups often confine their hiring efforts to local talent, but expanding the search to a global scale can yield exceptional, cost-effective options.—
Elena Volotovskaya,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The actual ranch home consisted of 31 rooms, with an adjacent guesthouse, a stable, corrals, a golf course and hiking trails.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Reserve a table starting at $40 or sell your complete bike at the bike corral for $10.—
Audrey Kennedy,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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To maximize results, the brand has also developed an entire line based on rosemary, enclosed in a convenient kit featuring a detangling brush (for the scalp massage); plus, a scrub and a shampoo, to best purify the scalp and restore it to a normal condition, for visibly stronger and shinier hair.—
Alice Nardiotti,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2025
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An identical elliptical roof extends from the edge of the original building to greet visitors, enclose security measures and welcome guests into the Shedd.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Copeland had recently retired from two decades of service in the Air Force, most of that time in canine units, running kennels and training dogs to sniff out narcotics and explosives, among other tasks.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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To validate her music, Pet Acoustics completed a study where dogs in kennels listened to no music, classical music by the likes of Beethoven and Mozart, and music by Marlow.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many of the artists work with watercolors, like Proctor, who combines the medium with pen, and some artists create their images digitally.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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One of the men flopped to the ground, faking a seizure to distract the employees, while another went to the bulldogs' pen, pulled the top off and grabbed the only two English bulldog puppies in the store, Rose said.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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