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1
as in to encase
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages
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2
as in to surround
to form a circle around
in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend
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3
as in to encompass
to surround or cover closely
the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view
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Deploy an Enclosed Blind Those who hope to minimize scent even further should deploy hunting blinds that are completely enclosed.
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 Sep. 2024
To lower operational energy, The Nueva School’s SEC is built with an open corridor, mitigating the carbon costs of enclosing the space while also bridging classrooms with the outdoors.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
Its newsletter spotlighted respectable types, like Senator Barry Goldwater, from Arizona, who had four dots enclosed by a half circle on the edge of his left hand.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Our thoughts, desires, and identities are mediated by the mechanisms of the market and anodyne commercial morality, which attempt to enclose common sense in order to control and exploit it.
—Charlie Engman, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 Sep. 2024
To lower operational energy, The Nueva School’s SEC is built with an open corridor, mitigating the carbon costs of enclosing the space while also bridging classrooms with the outdoors.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
Its newsletter spotlighted respectable types, like Senator Barry Goldwater, from Arizona, who had four dots enclosed by a half circle on the edge of his left hand.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Our thoughts, desires, and identities are mediated by the mechanisms of the market and anodyne commercial morality, which attempt to enclose common sense in order to control and exploit it.
—Charlie Engman, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Enclose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclose. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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