mewed (up)

verb

Definition of mewed (up)next
past tense of mew (up)
as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day

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  1. housed
  2. included
  3. enclosed
  4. surrounded
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  • This grant will be housed at George Mason University and focus on undergraduate and graduate research in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems security, secure cyber-physical systems and critical infrastructure, next-generation wireless networks, and cybersecurity for smart manufacturing.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What to know about replacing it The six-floor building once housed the central police station, the city and county courts, the city and county jails and the County Sheriff’s office.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • There are several plot holes, extra scenes clearly included just to boost Sheridan's ego, and the dialogue has become overly preachy and didactic—almost as annoying as Aaron Sorkin's mini-sermons in later seasons of The West Wing, which is saying something.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That dock funding was included in Mayor Cavalier Johnson's 2025 budget approved by the council.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of included
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  • Think tender, aromatic vegetables enclosed in cheesy layers with a jammy, flavorful tomato sauce.
    Amanda Holstein, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The exterior of the Hudson's tower is now mostly, although not entirely, enclosed with glass.
    JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of enclosed
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  • Adding to its uniqueness, the city winds along the Mississippi River and is surrounded by distinct wetland habitats of swamps, bayous, and marshes.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope features the young star cluster NGC 602, surrounded by the varied clouds of a nebula, near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, about 200,000 light-years from Earth.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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