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
Tim Britton, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Previously, she was played by Ana Gasteyer in season 23, and forced to sit in a cage.
—EW.com, 18 June 2025
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
Tate was transported back to then New Haven Correctional Center in a New Haven Police Department caged cruiser and processed on the outstanding warrant.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
That’s when the club pushed more velocity at Alvarez in the cage and during batting practice, to get him more on time for the heater.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Previously, she was played by Ana Gasteyer in season 23, and forced to sit in a cage.
—EW.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
Every day, 500 tons of frozen pelagic fish are shipped from its port to tuna cages 10 miles off the coast, out of sight of beachgoers.
—Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
Tate was transported back to then New Haven Correctional Center in a New Haven Police Department caged cruiser and processed on the outstanding warrant.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
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By the end of the June, according to Gelman, the backyard space will have additional seating, firepits, and a chicken coop, and there will be shelves stocked with books to peruse on each floor of the inn.—
Jess Feldman,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2025
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In 2023, Joanna gave a glimpse into a a day in their lives in Texas, showing her husband spending some time in the chicken coop.—
Grace Gavilanes,
People.com,
18 June 2025
Verb
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For six years, the building that once housed The Coffee Cup, a beloved neighborhood diner in St. Paul’s North End, sat empty.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2025
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Previously, the actress had owned a 400-acre organic farm in Gloucestershire that housed chickens, sheep and other animals.—
Grace Gavilanes,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Park allegedly shipped approximately 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, an explosive precursor commonly used to construct homemade bombs, from Seattle to Bartkus in California as part of a plot related to the pair's nihilist beliefs, according to officials.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
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With approximately 23 million hogs, the state produces an astonishing 109 billion pounds of manure annually.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Democrats’ fundraising advantage isn’t confined to the governor’s race.—
Olivia Diaz,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Flows have been confined to the Halemaʻumaʻu crater and the southwest side of Kaluapele, Kīlauea's summit caldera.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
20 June 2025
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Humpback whales were already known to use bubbles to corral, and males have been observed creating bubble trails or bursts when competing for a female mate, according to the SETI Institute.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
9 June 2025
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Comprised of a 31-room main home and an adjacent guest house, stable, golf course, and corrals, the estate was donated to California in 1944 by Rogers’s window, Betty.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2025
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Towering limestone cliffs enclose the cove, creating a striking setting ideal for snorkeling, diving, or simply enjoying a peaceful escape in nature.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The house is a modest one-and-a-half-story Cape set on pilings with a crawl space enclosed by boards, built of native spruce and pine lumber that Mark and Fraser cut from the nearby islands.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
Noun
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In the footage, Usopp was pacing his kennel, frantically leaping at the walls.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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The rescuers put the cubs in a dog kennel, and DNR conservation officer Sarah Jahn of the Thief River Falls East station took them to Wild and Free, a wildlife rehabilitation center in Garrison, Minn., that specializes in rehabilitating animals for eventual release back to the wild.—
Brad Dokken,
Twin Cities,
14 June 2025
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Depending on the style of tracer paper, it typically can be written on with different types of drawing media, including markers, ink pens and other sketching stationery that easily bleeds.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
27 June 2025
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Pictured: a pen shell, both closed (left) and open (right), showing the byssus from which the material for the sea silk is taken.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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