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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of sheltered
as in secluded
screened or sequestered from view
moored the sailboat in a sheltered cove
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as in protected
to be or provide a shelter for
the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats
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as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built
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“Sheltered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheltered. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.
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