: 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
B. J. OliphantExamples of boxed in a Sentence
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Makary did not say if the FDA planned to change the boxed warning on menopause hormone therapies.
—The Hill, 22 July 2025
The boxed lunch becomes a psychological mirror—showing who’s coping, who’s unraveling, and who’s trying to disappear.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The 22-year-old boxed circles around Jorge Garcia on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden and captured the vacant WBO junior middleweight championship.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Near the boxed toe was a seagull, which Ewing told the Kent Reporter appeared to have been skinned and mutilated.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 July 2025
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The Hill, 22 July 2025
The boxed lunch becomes a psychological mirror—showing who’s coping, who’s unraveling, and who’s trying to disappear.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The 22-year-old boxed circles around Jorge Garcia on Saturday night at The Theater in Madison Square Garden and captured the vacant WBO junior middleweight championship.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
Near the boxed toe was a seagull, which Ewing told the Kent Reporter appeared to have been skinned and mutilated.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 July 2025
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 21 Aug. 2025.
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