as in protected
to drive danger or attack away from
had worked as a bodyguard, fencing a number of pop stars at big events
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Recent Examples of fenced
Beloved by street skaters for decades, it has been fenced off since June while city officials wrestled with its fate.
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News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
The land is now inaccessible to the public, having been fenced off by Croatian authorities.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Ames proposes that the city put in a new bridge just to the side of the old one, which could be preserved and stabilized and even fenced off to keep people from walking on it.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
These will need to be fenced off while large international construction firms take on the challenges of rubble, explosives, bodies and collapsed subterranean tunnels before tall buildings can rise.
—Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Levy’s house is fenced and has another gate at the edge of his property.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
This is a film that refuses to be fenced in, dabbling in the undead, the magical, and, perhaps most importantly, the sapphic.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Security guards conduct basic metal detector searches at the front, and the rear doors are fenced off in an open-air parking lot.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Part of the structure was demolished in 1989, but its white bell tower continued to mark the skyline even while the rest sat fenced off.
—Jackie Bryant, AFAR Media, 23 Sep. 2025
News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2025
The land is now inaccessible to the public, having been fenced off by Croatian authorities.
—Richard Collett, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Ames proposes that the city put in a new bridge just to the side of the old one, which could be preserved and stabilized and even fenced off to keep people from walking on it.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
These will need to be fenced off while large international construction firms take on the challenges of rubble, explosives, bodies and collapsed subterranean tunnels before tall buildings can rise.
—Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Levy’s house is fenced and has another gate at the edge of his property.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
This is a film that refuses to be fenced in, dabbling in the undead, the magical, and, perhaps most importantly, the sapphic.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Security guards conduct basic metal detector searches at the front, and the rear doors are fenced off in an open-air parking lot.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Part of the structure was demolished in 1989, but its white bell tower continued to mark the skyline even while the rest sat fenced off.
—Jackie Bryant, AFAR Media, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fenced
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Trim the dead parts, shake the soil off, and store them in a cool, dark location where they are protected from the cold.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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So she’s introduced a new contract to make sure she’s protected from fluctuating prices.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Just over a minute later, Kuzma tried to toss Antetokounmpo another alley-oop, but the Bulls defended it well and took away the rim.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Quagliano has repeatedly denied that and defended the bank’s aircraft business as profitable.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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The account was not guarded by an extra layer of security known as multi-factor authentication.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The names of the betrayersare a secret carefully guarded by Cacique and the group called Caribe, a loose grouping of about 3,000 Venezuelan military personnel who have deserted the regime’s ranks and from abroad are trying to coordinate to overthrow Maduro.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arizona’s cities have been shielded from existing cuts for the past three years by agreements with tribes and through compensation from fast-depleting pools of federal money.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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But Robert Sawyer, one of the men supposedly shielded by Kyle’s selfless act, is showing no gratitude.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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Seed phrases concentrate risk in one secret while seedless paths distribute it across vendors, devices, identities, or extra hardware that must be safeguarded and, in a crisis, actually found.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Trott and Lufkin safeguarded the middle with six and three blocks, respectively, while Payton Patrick rejected four shots.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Fenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fenced. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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