: 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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The quilt features ultra-cool fabric on both sides that helps keep night sweats at bay by absorbing body heat, and boxed quilting to prevent clumping.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
The agency in January requested the removal of boxed warnings for suicidal behavior or ideation from those medications.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Adam Urato, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and critic of antidepressant safety, is pressing the FDA to add a boxed warning to SSRIs, the drugs most commonly prescribed for depression.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
And or the soil in boxed areas.
—Paul Karrer, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
The agency in January requested the removal of boxed warnings for suicidal behavior or ideation from those medications.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Adam Urato, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and critic of antidepressant safety, is pressing the FDA to add a boxed warning to SSRIs, the drugs most commonly prescribed for depression.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026
And or the soil in boxed areas.
—Paul Karrer, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for boxed
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“Boxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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