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enframing

verb

present participle of enframe

as in surrounding

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There’ll still be conversations surrounding the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and most of us anticipate a lot of shocked reactions from those learning when our birthdays and wedding anniversaries take place.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
Those statues peering down from surrounding buildings seem to nod their approval.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of surrounding

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That gallery feels like the perfect frame for Aitken’s work, at once spacious and enfolding, spare and receptive to all that visual and sonic plushness.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Some may find this a bit too fine-grained, overly implicated in language’s self-enfolding folds.

— Katie Kadue, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of enfolding

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The mathematical universe is boundless and heterogeneous, encompassing, over here, truths about numbers and equations; there, the logic of shapes and spaces; and over there, the study of change and probability.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Also this month, the brand made its official foray into skin care with the release of the antiaging Ever Youth line encompassing a peptides cream, serum, eye serum and mask.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

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Frustrated with the confining nature of Japanese society, Kusama left for New York in 1957.

— Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
With Rear Window, Hitchcock and his collaborators miraculously craft an exhilarating, satisfying mystery-thriller while confining the protagonist to a single location.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of confining

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Because Raymond James is owned by Hillsborough County, Florida, and operated by a public board, the Tampa Sports Authority, any cancellation based on Ye’s past statements could have been seen as the government restricting speech.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
Tracey Campbell, the Alliance’s chair and executive vice president of sustainability and corporate affairs at plastics producer LyondellBasell, framed the strategy as an alternative to restricting the material itself.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of restricting

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In quick succession, the Court began circumscribing Congress’s ability to define rights and act on its constitutional imagination.

— Duncan Hosie, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
This wouldn’t be the first time the Court has avoided a head-on fight with the other branches, especially after Congress makes noise about circumscribing its authority.

— Time, Time, 14 Nov. 2025

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Apple reportedly plans to pitch the iPhone Ultra as a device that's more beneficial for web browsing, framing subjects with a gigantic viewfinder, and most importantly, watching video.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Palestinian, Kashmiri and Indian poets are interwoven throughout, framing the film as a meditation on remembering what has been erased from home and pushing back once staying quiet stops being an option.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

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