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encage

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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers employees who felt encaged in their cubicles

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“Encage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encage. Accessed 9 Dec. 2022.

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