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verb

past tense of gate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gated
Adjective
Drive audiences to exclusive content hubs or gated tools to deepen value. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Just after the time of the shooting Thursday, officers found and detained a 25-year-old man and 26-year-old woman in a gated yard near an apartment building on the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue, according to police sources. Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025 Others have to build gated experiences for verified users. Kaleigh Moore, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 There’s a gated driveway and car port tucked way off and alley, and a detached prefab ADU by Jason Halter of Wonder has a outside entrance from the street and adds another bedroom. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gated
barricaded
Adjective
  • Local schools and Scouting groups participated and the parade ended with many of the people who attended the parade following the procession in the barricaded streets to the park.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • Shooting outside of Speaker’s Lobby Babbitt was part of a group of Trump backers that smashed through windows of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby, where Capitol Police officers held off protesters in an effort to buy more time for members of Congress to evacuate to safety.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 20 May 2025

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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gated. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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