Examples of enclosure in a Sentence
During the day the horses are kept in an enclosure.
a letter with two enclosures
One of the enclosures was a photograph.
the enclosure of a photograph with a letter
the enclosure of the garden
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Chickens roam a fenced enclosure, laying eggs that appear in dishes at Sunday brunch.
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Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The enclosure allows the stones to catch light while maintaining a refined profile.
—Malana Vantayler, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Engineers plan to use a modern steel enclosure system, similar to the one installed at K East, to better protect the reactor structure from wind, sand, and freeze-thaw cycles while lowering long-term maintenance costs.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
Goldberg's relatable flub came amid a Hot Topics discussion about Punch, an adorable macaque whose story of abandonment and bullying at the hands of other primates inside his Japanese zoo enclosure took the internet by storm across the last week.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The enclosure allows the stones to catch light while maintaining a refined profile.
—Malana Vantayler, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Engineers plan to use a modern steel enclosure system, similar to the one installed at K East, to better protect the reactor structure from wind, sand, and freeze-thaw cycles while lowering long-term maintenance costs.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
Goldberg's relatable flub came amid a Hot Topics discussion about Punch, an adorable macaque whose story of abandonment and bullying at the hands of other primates inside his Japanese zoo enclosure took the internet by storm across the last week.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Enclosure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enclosure. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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