Thesaurus results for COOP UP

coop (up)

verb

Definition of coop (up)

as in to house

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers restless kids cooped up in the house on a rainy day

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The remaining towers will house residential living, keep the main tower as a hotel, while welcoming businesses and office space.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Temporary federal detention facilities can house people with vastly different criminal histories and security classifications.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Because growing the rice itself is not profitable, even with historic high prices for Japanese rice, the company supports the agricultural costs through side ventures including a restaurant and an ice cream brand launched this summer.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
As Emmy voting gets underway, the show landed 11 nominations, including an outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program nod for RuPaul.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of include

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With six bedrooms and six full bathrooms spread across more than 9,000 square feet, the home’s three distinct structures are connected by bridges and wrapped in curved glass encased in black steel frames.

— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
The more recent study took this material and turned it into a spandex alternative, developing both a stretchy core and a separate outer yarn to encase it out of polyethylene.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of encase

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With funding from the Dia Art Foundation, Judd purchased them in 1979 and began his own restoration, replacing the garage doors that enclosed the buildings’ two long sides with a series of continuous windows.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
For Cusk, freedom involves wriggling out of the social and historical integuments that enclose a person into a bounded self.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of enclose

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