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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cordoned (off)
Verb
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After 66 Macy’s locations closed in 2025, approximately 350 of the iconic department stores remain.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026 -
But a quagmire of launch delays, changes to mission plans and other quirks of timing left the orbiters without a ride when the last Mars transfer window closed in late 2024.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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No matter their financial situation, these characters are circumscribed by their situations (class, responsibilities, families) and desire more—or something else entirely.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Their sovereign capacity to realign is circumscribed by the very architectures that protect them.—
Pratap Bhanu Mehta,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Within two hours, she was found dead, her body surrounded by dingoes, wild Australian native dogs that roam freely on K’gari, a national park famous for its natural beauty off the country’s eastern coast.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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The artists José Parlá and Claudia Hilda, his wife, live in a former fire station in Fort Greene surrounded by memories of Cuba, which Parlá’s family fled in 1970 and where Hilda lived until recently.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Cordoned (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordoned%20%28off%29. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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