Thesaurus results for BOXING (IN)

boxing (in)

verb

Definition of boxing (in)

present participle of box (in)

as in housing

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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Sybille Roger-Vasselin’s store near Place de la République, housing her ready-to-wear label Petite Mendigote, was looted on Sunday.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Main Street spans 140 mostly 19th-century buildings housing 100-plus shops, restaurants, and independent inns.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of housing

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No further information, including the identity of the neighbor, was available as the case was ongoing, according to Klopping.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The effort, however, has been criticized by some, including politicians and digital rights advocates, for not being aggressively enough enforced since the ban took effect in December 2025.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of including

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Also excluded from the map are the University of Kansas Medical Center and the surrounding corner of Wyandotte County alongside existing STAR bond districts for other projects.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
The third-quarter earnings season is gaining momentum, with investors closely watching corporate outlooks amid rising costs and uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence spending.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrounding

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Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby is The Birth, 2026, a ziggurat partly woven from bags of fertilizer, enclosing a film installation about the assembly of drones, shot in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of enclosing

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Little Miner’s version isn’t so much a riff as an homage, with a flour tortilla encasing queso sauce, tortilla chips, chipotle aioli, lettuce, tomato, raw onion, sour cream and a choice of proteins.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

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