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
Nick Allen, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Lopez fired a missile into the cage with 4:27 remaining to complete the hat trick, as the Cougars gained some breathing room with an 8-6 advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
And because they’re both caged, they’re being denied what they were made to do.
—Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Breaking out of a wooden cage to grind against a stripper pole in a green bolero jacket, tongue-flashing rapper Käärijä certainly committed to the theme.
—Nick Allen, Vulture, 13 May 2025
Lopez fired a missile into the cage with 4:27 remaining to complete the hat trick, as the Cougars gained some breathing room with an 8-6 advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
Verb
Hens raised at conventional egg farms are typically caged in close proximity.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025
And because they’re both caged, they’re being denied what they were made to do.
—Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
Noun
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Remedy’s decision to make a coop FPS game that respects your time is good news for everyone.—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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There is vegetation growing on its outskirts, with chickens in coops on the sides of roads, paintings for sale in windows and on some streets, shops are exclusively for artists.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Dickson said the site at 605-609 Davis Street now houses two vacant lots and is in blighted condition.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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He was then taken to the only person in L.A. with the right permits to house an alligator, and that person happened to work in the film industry.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Already, the company said, the price of bananas at Walmart rose to 54 cents a pound, up from 50 cents, thanks to higher tariffs.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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His five-bass tournament limit weighed 17.79 pounds.—
Flip Putthoff,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Dempsey was sent to live with a distant city counselor and grew up to work in data entry, confined to her apartment computer.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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No longer confined to the pursuit of profit alone, these powerful forces are being reimagined as instruments of global healing, capable of restoring trust, dignity and interconnectedness across all sectors.—
Yujia Zhu,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Islamism—not Islam—corrals both public discourse and political legitimacy over all Muslims.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Eggs throughout Mexico and the Texas coast were destroyed, but thousands along the Padre Island National Seashore—including those in the corral—were evacuated to safety.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Here are some tips from Direct Auto Insurance on how to keep squirrels out: Park in a sealed garage: Ensure the garage is enclosed and free of holes to prevent rodent entry.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2025
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Even the newest additions—like our Cocoon Suite, with its decadent pink-marble bathroom and crisply made bed enclosed within sliding wicker doors—felt reassuringly solid and snug.—
Rachel Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The video, posted to the clinic's social media, begins with an unusual camera angle: from inside a kennel.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Another of the couple’s dogs was found dead in a kennel.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Inside was changa, DMT powder and vape pens, ketamine, LSD, MDMA, and mushrooms.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Towering cranes stand 500 feet above the ground, swinging 30-ton cargo crates into the air and endlessly moving them from giant ships to holding pens and then turning around and sending off the next set of shipments.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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