as in coop
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages
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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Recent Examples of cage
Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Surveillance video later shared online shows a man in a dark-colored Nike sweatshirt flashing a small smirk before snatching the cage and dashing out the door.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Sean Neumann, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
No style captures that phenomenon as clearly as Balenciaga’s closed-toe cage sandal, which debuted in the fall 2007 runway show.
—Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Surveillance video later shared online shows a man in a dark-colored Nike sweatshirt flashing a small smirk before snatching the cage and dashing out the door.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
An Arizona grandmother has been charged with caging her mentally disabled teenage granddaughter and abusing her to death earlier this week.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
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The truth is that nobody really wants to read about the razing of a single home, or chicken coop, or even school.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup up of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed, and food dishes for a five-to-six month rental period in D.C. and its suburbs.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Slash-resistant straps and lining will keep this bag firmly at your side throughout the day, while a roomy primary compartment will house all your essentials with room to spare.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2025
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Restaurant Aure is housed in a historic gunpowder house from 1745.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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Under the original 2015 nuclear deal, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium only up to 3.67% purity and maintain a stockpile of 661 pounds.—
Jon Gambrell and Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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The marine mammals consume more than 1,000 pounds of food per day, with their diet largely consisting of krill, shrimp, sardines and other fish.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Now, kids ranging in age from 4 to 17 are confined to three classrooms and an atrium lined with portraits of the community’s Yup’ik and Athabascan elders.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
4 Mar. 2025
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It was largely confined to migrant shelters in Chicago.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Last Sunday, Philly built corrals around poles in Center City, instead of greasing them, the Inquirer reports.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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The actual ranch home consisted of 31 rooms, with an adjacent guesthouse, a stable, corrals, a golf course and hiking trails.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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To maximize results, the brand has also developed an entire line based on rosemary, enclosed in a convenient kit featuring a detangling brush (for the scalp massage); plus, a scrub and a shampoo, to best purify the scalp and restore it to a normal condition, for visibly stronger and shinier hair.—
Alice Nardiotti,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2025
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An identical elliptical roof extends from the edge of the original building to greet visitors, enclose security measures and welcome guests into the Shedd.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Authorities did not perform a necropsy on Zinna, who was found in a kennel in a bathroom closet near Arakawa, the search warrant stated.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Authorities did not perform a necropsy on Zinna, who was found in a kennel in a bathroom closet near Arakawa, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.—
Morgan Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Many of the artists work with watercolors, like Proctor, who combines the medium with pen, and some artists create their images digitally.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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That differs from single-dose autoinjector pens, the currently available form of all Zepbound doses, which patients can directly inject under their skin with the click of a button.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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