: placed or enclosed in a box
boxed foods
a boxed lunch
… arrived at noon on Monday in a cream-colored Ford station wagon with the back end full of boxed religious tracts.—
B. J. Oliphant
see also box set
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Skip the boxed mix and impress your game day crowd with homemade brownies.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Students are being provided with boxed lunches.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Further wrinkles developed when Shkreli’s imprisonment led to the Justice Department coming into possession of the extremely expensive boxed set.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Breath work techniques, including boxed breathing (inhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds, exhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds) and 4-7-8 breathing (inhale for four seconds, hold for seven seconds, exhale for 8 seconds).
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 19 Jan. 2026
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Students are being provided with boxed lunches.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Further wrinkles developed when Shkreli’s imprisonment led to the Justice Department coming into possession of the extremely expensive boxed set.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Breath work techniques, including boxed breathing (inhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds, exhale for four seconds, hold for four seconds) and 4-7-8 breathing (inhale for four seconds, hold for seven seconds, exhale for 8 seconds).
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Boxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxed. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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