Thesaurus results for BOX (IN)

box (in)

verb

Definition of box (in)

as in to house

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers upon attempting to leave, we discovered we were completely boxed in by other cars

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An inmate housed in the medical unit at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove died early Tuesday after deputies found the person unresponsive in a cell, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
The bespoke trunk, and the coveted trophy housed inside, will make their way to the pitch for the first time at the final game of the competition, which takes place next Sunday in New Jersey.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 14 July 2026

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The Padres finished the game with a season-high 11 walks and eight hits, including Sung-Mun Song’s two-out single that drove in two runs in the third and Cronenworth’s RBI single in the fourth.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Under rules brought in for the World Cup, the reviewable decisions and incidents now include mistaken identity when the referee shows a yellow or red card but clearly penalises the wrong player of either team.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of include

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Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026
Sometimes several families live enclosed within the same mass of turf.

— Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026

Definition of enclose

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Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
So the researchers encased these proteins and other large materials in a different membrane and then fed those to the SpudCells.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

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