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
William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Suet blocks are usually put in simple square cages and hung from trees or posts.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
These people are caged—not in their homes, and not in the underground cells of Venezuela’s notorious prisons, but in a gated villa shaded by palm trees.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Two years ago the Supreme Court took up a case involving the California law banning sales of pork from pigs raised in tight cages.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Suet blocks are usually put in simple square cages and hung from trees or posts.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
The animals are caged and fed the coffee cherries on farms that produce civet coffee.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
These people are caged—not in their homes, and not in the underground cells of Venezuela’s notorious prisons, but in a gated villa shaded by palm trees.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
Noun
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Disinfect boots and other gear when moving between coops.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
17 Dec. 2024
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Since sharing the initial video, the Australian owner has decided to keep the chickens and has even built a coop.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
1 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Loftin Hall itself, the former student dining hall where the museum is housed, is noteworthy on its own, with beautiful Mexican tiles and sturdy wooden beams.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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Mary is the director at the hospital where the Holmes Clinic is housed, and Chestnut and Aytes have fantastic chemistry despite their characters’ differing patient care tactics.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The suspects are both slim and medium height, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 135 pounds.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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In 2011, at an ample 1,900 pounds, Lil Joe was deemed fit for a go with nature.—
Kevin Spear,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Peace confines violence to self-defense in vindication of the right of self-preservation.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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If a child laughed inappropriately or failed to remember a Scientology term, they could be sent to the ship’s hold and made to chip rust for days or confined in a chain locker for weeks at a time without blankets or a bathroom.—
Lila Shapiro,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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The 31-room home with a guest house, stables, corral and an adjacent golf course was set on 360 acres.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The estate included a 31-room mansion, houses for guests, stables and corrals, a golf course and horse-riding trails.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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While the main bar is enclosed with air-conditioning, it's flanked by two outdoor spaces for smokers, notably those dabbling in the fine cigars sold on the terrace.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The rotunda, which is enclosed by the dome of the Capitol, will be out of sight from the public.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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But, starting in the late 1980s, kennel clubs in Denmark and Sweden began rallying to save them.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Rogers Animal Shelter will never house a small dog in an outdoor kennel.—
Gael Langdon,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The president, during his first term, also used Sharpies to sign official documents and make notes and even had the stationary company design a custom pen, embossed with his signature in gold, for him, according to The New York Times and Business Insider.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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In a statement, Adams spokesman Fabien Levy didn’t say whether the mayor will let the bill become law or use his veto pen to try to block it.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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