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as in surrounded
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as in preserved
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walled
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There’s usually a sighting of the avid art collector during VIP previews at the Miami Beach Convention Center surrounded by a posse.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
9 Dec. 2025 -
This exquisite vacation rental sits on 70 feet of shoreline in Tahoe Vista, surrounded by trees and water.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
9 Dec. 2025
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Inside, beautiful details preserved and improved across generations tell a unique story.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Sternke’s fan obsession grew out of childhood trips to East German castles, where historical outfits were perfectly preserved.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 Dec. 2025
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Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
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Like other forms of self expression, digital-communication technology has become dangerously circumscribed under Trump; only the tools that exist independent of Big Tech seem like safe bets for dissent.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2025
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Helsinki is buffered by more than 300 islands, and its harbor is always busy.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
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Export restrictions, logistical prioritization, and bilateral agreements allow the Kremlin to shape supply availability in ways that oil markets, buffered by deep inventories and diversified producers, simply cannot replicate.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The firm’s compact units use a subcritical design that will be permanently enclosed during initial assembly.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
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In the decades since, most of these homes became modernized with central air conditioning and many homeowners have fully enclosed sleeping porches to turn them into year-round sunrooms or to enlarge an existing bedroom or bathroom.—
Maggie Burch,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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The stonework has been conserved, and historic interiors have been recreated using period-appropriate materials, textures, and colors.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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In this context, males with the longest sperm-delivering palp are most likely to succeed with insemination, and that lengthy trait appears valuable, as it's been conserved across all species to varying degrees.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Aug. 2025
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One of the main roads leading to the Butler Memorial Airport was closed in both directions on Sunday afternoon as authorities responded to the disaster, according to officials.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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As the Knicks closed in, and then closed it out, during the fourth quarter, each new bucket was greeted with cheers and car honks from Brooklyn to the Bronx.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
14 June 2026
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Adjacent to it, an informal dining space was conceived as a modern take on a veranda, with a circular table encircled by walls of glass on three sides.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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The venue is encircled by a towering curtain of oaks, poplars, and pines, and each note seemed to hang in the air for the rapt audience.—
Hillary Richard,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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“Walled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walled. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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