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also inclose
1
as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages
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2
as in to surround
to form a circle around
in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend
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3
as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view
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Recent Examples of enclose
In the new scenario, the space enclosed within a six-dimensional manifold takes the place of the space between Casimir’s conducting plates.
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Quanta Magazine, 14 Jan. 2026
This year, the carpet was also enclosed in a tent, and the temperature within it rose throughout the afternoon.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
The bones and cartilage are enclosed in a membrane that’s filled with an oily liquid called synovial fluid.
—Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
In a recent study published in Antiquity, the settlement enclosed by two circular rings held approximately 600 houses within the Baltinglass hillfort cluster, which features 13 hilltops.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
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Quanta Magazine, 14 Jan. 2026
This year, the carpet was also enclosed in a tent, and the temperature within it rose throughout the afternoon.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
The bones and cartilage are enclosed in a membrane that’s filled with an oily liquid called synovial fluid.
—Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
In a recent study published in Antiquity, the settlement enclosed by two circular rings held approximately 600 houses within the Baltinglass hillfort cluster, which features 13 hilltops.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enclose
Verb
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All those years of speeches are housed in one place, across the street from the Capitol, in the State Library and court building.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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When manual driving is selected, the airbag housed within the steering wheel is used instead.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Within two hours, she was found dead, her body surrounded by dingoes, wild Australian native dogs that roam freely on K’gari, a national park famous for its natural beauty off the country’s eastern coast.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, created in 1942, encompasses most of the historic town of Coloma, with about 200 year-round residents in the surrounding area.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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Phase 2 trials, which wrapped in late 2024, showed NES/T to be fast-acting, reversible and safe, according to Blithe.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Melody Townsend was convicted after the body of her daughter, Ana Marie Townsend, was found by first responders wrapped in plastic inside the attic of a burned, abandoned home in the 15400 block of Hamlin Avenue in Markham in 2017.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The winter storm that dumped a foot of snow on parts of Arkansas and encased much of the state in ice apparently contributed to two deaths.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Designed from high-temperature polyimide aerogel, the armor encases the drone’s sensitive parts in a single cast structure.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Within moments, a small crowd of counter-protesters encircled him.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Moroccan-style domed white villas, which encircle the place like sugar cubes, satisfy the pilgrim’s sense of arriving at a glamorous landmark conjured from the glossy magazines of her youth.—
Alex Postman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Even stranger, the negative space between the stars had flipped to positive, forming a soft, almost palpable blackness that embraced the stars and reached all the way to Earth, enveloping it and me in the same intergalactic blanket.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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The flowers, hand cut from Spanish cotton lace, appear to float over the crinoline enveloping the tail.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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Horses aren’t meant to be confined only to a stable, the O’Donnells explained.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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However, the allegations of widespread fraud and mismanagement during Newsom’s governorship is not confined to those on the starboard side of the political balance beam.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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And then there’s all the emerging tech, like a device that shrouds your body in inflammation-reducing red light at Carillon’s Miami Wellness Resort’s Inner Glow retreat, and a zero-gravity recliner at Canyon Ranch Lenox that can rescue you from menopausal rage at its M/Power retreat.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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Through its doors, an ersatz ballroom, shrouded in a fog-machine haze, houses Regency-era ephemera and a dance instructor.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Enclose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclose. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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