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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cordoned (off)
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Miami is a first-year market, and by the time registration closed in December, hundreds of Miami students had enrolled.—
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026 -
The Exide plant was permanently closed in 2015 and later abandoned by the company.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Eventually, the area in the Pentagon where reporters were allowed was circumscribed to a single corridor outside the press room – even though the public affairs officers who worked most closely with reporters were in an office on the other side of the 6½-million-square-foot building.—
Kathy Kiely,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Where the hill of Fiesole begins to climb, but still in Florence, that’s where the quiet idyll of Il Salviatino begins, a 15th-century villa surrounded by a 13-acre park just 10 minutes away from the Duomo (Santa Maria del Fiore) and a 25-minute ride from the airport.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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If your lawn is surrounded by weeds, gophers may be attracted to the area, dining on the roots of the weeds on the way to your lawn.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Cordoned (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordoned%20%28off%29. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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