as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
employees who felt encaged in their cubicles
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After all, who wouldn’t want to house their garlic in a gorgeous vintage-style home?—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Mar. 2025 -
Plus, the set is versatile, able to house leftovers, serve side dishes, or even marinate meat.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
27 Mar. 2025
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To be sure, such high school activism wasn’t confined to the war.—
Made by History,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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The auroral glow occurs because of the same basic interaction of solar particles interacting with the planet's atmosphere, but instead of being confined to the north and south poles, Neptune’s auroras are located at the planet’s mid-latitudes — roughly where South America is located on Earth.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The expansive tented suites feature large decks overlooking the valley, private plunge pools, outdoor showers, and tactile interiors enclosed by screen doors, allowing the sounds of the wild to lull guests to sleep.—
Julia Eskins,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
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There are plans for a third building that will stretch between Hamlin and Ridgeway that will more fully enclose the complex’s courtyard.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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And because they’re both caged, they’re being denied what they were made to do.—
Ryan Fleming,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2025
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Staking, trellising, and caging are different training methods used to support tomato plants and their heavy fruit loads.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2025
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To preserve the oddity, Greene covered it in lard and then encased it in salt — a typical practice before iceboxes and refrigerators.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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This meant from just below my clavicle to my mid thigh, I was encased in elastane.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2025
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Wyden also highlighted the anxiety surrounding Trump adviser Elon Musk's statements about Social Security cuts.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Developments in the saga surrounding Columbia, which is accused by White House of failing to protect its students from antisemitism, will be closely watched by other colleges that could find themselves under President Trump’s eye.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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Other cast members include Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Keyla Mejia and Nicholas Stoller.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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To be fair, many of those — including emerging aces Tanner Bibee, Logan Gilbert, Mackenzie Gore and Paul Skenes along with Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shota Imanaga, who started in their native Japan when the Dodgers and Cubs opened in Tokyo last week — are no-doubters.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Encage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encage. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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