as in coop
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages
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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Recent Examples of cage
Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Across China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers like the Yangs are trapped in a digital cage, barred from leaving their province and sometimes even their homes by the world’s largest digital surveillance apparatus.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
A couple in Florida is accused of abusing their non-biological children, caging a 14-year-old boy under a bunk bed and denying them food when there wasn’t enough to go around, Florida authorities said.
—Olivia Lloyd
updated July 28, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
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Noun
During his most successful seasons in Colorado, Story and then-manager Bud Black adopted a similar routine of extra work in the cage.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Across China, tens of thousands of people tagged as troublemakers like the Yangs are trapped in a digital cage, barred from leaving their province and sometimes even their homes by the world’s largest digital surveillance apparatus.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Even if, again, the episode skips over the thorny question of how exactly this group of schmoes managed to cage a pure killing machine.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
A couple in Florida is accused of abusing their non-biological children, caging a 14-year-old boy under a bunk bed and denying them food when there wasn’t enough to go around, Florida authorities said.
—Olivia Lloyd
updated July 28, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
Noun
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CoreWeave’s chicken coop days gave it a good foundation for that skillset.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Your local university coop extension service can help (find yours here).—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The best-selling fall and winter candles are made of a new wax blend that’s housed in the brand’s signature large jars with fresh packaging.—
Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Another model was stationed next to the wardrobe, which housed 2D paper doll cutout clothing.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Now standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 225 pounds, Dillon has built a reputation as a hard-hitting, shot-blocking shutdown blueliner who has remained durable despite his physical playing style.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Fracking means pumping millions of pounds of sand and millions of gallons of water and chemicals into each well with the necessary pressures to release the oil and gas.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In November and December, the above normal fire risk is mainly confined to southern California.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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These materials will be used to build the powerful magnets that form a magnetic cage to confine plasma heated to temperatures exceeding 150 million degrees Celsius (302 million degrees Fahrenheit).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nance learned pipe welding from his uncle, who built fencing for corrals.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Then, there's Dumbell Ranch, which has a main house, a bunkhouse, a mobile home for employees, several historic barns, and corrals, and even a few working shops.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On the ground in Wedgewood Houston, a tiny bird fought an army of enclosing fire ants, wildly kicking and flailing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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In its former terrain, today’s Tamiami Trail used to run along a ridge above the Glaswegian Suture, a geologic feature that enclosed a large body of water now known as the Gulf of Mexico.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her mom was registered in a kennel, but father apparently not (that's most likely the reason).—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nitro the male Great Dane mix first arrived at The Healthy Hearts and Paws Project in Warren, Ohio — about 50 miles outside Cleveland — in 2018, after shelter founder Jason Cooke found him as a puppy about to be euthanized in a county kennel, according to local outlet WOIO.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With this easy technique, a plain vase gains autumn style with a few strokes of a pen.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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Even a humble vape pen could serve a website until too many curious visitors try to connect.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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