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
William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Suet blocks are usually put in simple square cages and hung from trees or posts.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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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Noun
Two years ago the Supreme Court took up a case involving the California law banning sales of pork from pigs raised in tight cages.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Suet blocks are usually put in simple square cages and hung from trees or posts.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
The animals are caged and fed the coffee cherries on farms that produce civet coffee.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
Noun
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Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, and chicken health and nutrition.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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Wash your hands before and after handling birds as well as when moving between different coops.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Loftin Hall itself, the former student dining hall where the museum is housed, is noteworthy on its own, with beautiful Mexican tiles and sturdy wooden beams.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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Mary is the director at the hospital where the Holmes Clinic is housed, and Chestnut and Aytes have fantastic chemistry despite their characters’ differing patient care tactics.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Police described the suspect as a Hispanic man in his 30s with black hair and brown eyes, standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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In 2021, the girl weighed just 60 pounds at age 16, prosecutors said, ABC.net reports.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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And the Shoah wasn’t confined to one out-of-the-way place named Oświęcim, such that bystanders didn’t know what was happening.—
Martin Kimel,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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No longer confined by the strictures of consistency and predictability, the riders will have the chance to try the wildest tricks their minds can conceive.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The 31-room home with a guest house, stables, corral and an adjacent golf course was set on 360 acres.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The estate included a 31-room mansion, houses for guests, stables and corrals, a golf course and horse-riding trails.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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While the main bar is enclosed with air-conditioning, it's flanked by two outdoor spaces for smokers, notably those dabbling in the fine cigars sold on the terrace.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The rotunda, which is enclosed by the dome of the Capitol, will be out of sight from the public.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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The children also told investigators this wasn’t an isolated incident, that a year earlier the dog had escaped from the kennel and bitten their 5-year-old brother.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Jan. 2025
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He was dumped there and trapped by an officer before being brought into the kennels.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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The president, during his first term, also used Sharpies to sign official documents and make notes and even had the stationary company design a custom pen, embossed with his signature in gold, for him, according to The New York Times and Business Insider.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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In a statement, Adams spokesman Fabien Levy didn’t say whether the mayor will let the bill become law or use his veto pen to try to block it.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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