wall off
verb
walled off; walling off; walls off
: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall
The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.
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Each agent’s deals are walled off from every other user in the system — including other agents at the same brokerage.
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Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
The fair slimmed down from about 170 exhibitors in past years to about 130 this year; part of the massive hall at Navy Pier was walled off, creating a smaller sales floor.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Trump wishes for a United States economy walled off from the rest of the world.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
The President has now fired two of the NTSB’s five board members before their terms were up, defying a law that Congress wisely intended to wall off the NTSB from political influence.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
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Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
The fair slimmed down from about 170 exhibitors in past years to about 130 this year; part of the massive hall at Navy Pier was walled off, creating a smaller sales floor.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Trump wishes for a United States economy walled off from the rest of the world.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
The President has now fired two of the NTSB’s five board members before their terms were up, defying a law that Congress wisely intended to wall off the NTSB from political influence.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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