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
Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Fans can only hope McGregor will actually make the cage walk this time.
—Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Consider Stakes Consider staking or caging plants to save space, reduce disease and insect problems, and make harvesting easier.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Chickens face similarly grim conditions in battery cages.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Fans can only hope McGregor will actually make the cage walk this time.
—Mark Puleo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Verb
Is he caged and plugged under all of those polka-dot suits?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Consider Stakes Consider staking or caging plants to save space, reduce disease and insect problems, and make harvesting easier.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cage
Noun
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The girls would meet by the coop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Your local university coop extension service (find yours here) is a great starting place to learn about local wildlife issues.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
Verb
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To survive these transformations, rich states have resorted among other things to the ever greater exploitation, not only of poor states, but also of the human and ecological capital housed within them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Between 75 and 90 percent of Housing First participants remain housed after one year, which is significantly higher than traditional treatment-first models.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
Noun
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In addition to the colorful produce, the ISS also received over 2,300 pounds of research hardware and science equipment.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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Gadd gained almost 90 pounds to play adult Ruben (Stuart Campbell in flashbacks), the fractured older-brother figure of Niall (Jamie Bell as an adult; Mitchell Robertson as an adolescent), while their mothers date each other.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Before Marseille’s 1-0 win at Le Havre last weekend, the squad were confined to the club’s La Commanderie training base for four consecutive days as a punitive measure after a succession of poor performances.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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This is not a problem confined to mediocre leaders.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Free parking is available in front of the corrals at the end of the street.—
Noah Daly
Updated May 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 May 2026
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Instead of letting the lanky, nearly 7-foot Durant corral the loose ball, the 6-3 Smart dove to secure it for himself.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For the runner housing, which encloses the turbine, the team 3D printed a mold and then cast the final component in fiberglass.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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This inner cradle was enclosed between thicker, quarter-inch panes of Thermopane glass specially made by the Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The Foleys usually fly to a beach destination each spring but chose to drive somewhere this year, mostly because their 15-year-old dog named Doc Holliday couldn't be left at a kennel.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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The Foleys usually fly to a beach destination each spring but chose to drive somewhere this year, mostly because their 15-year-old dog named Doc Holliday couldn’t be left at a kennel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Harsh Vaibhav penned the screenplay and serves as executive producer.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Chuko Esiri penned the screenplay for Clarissa and produced alongside Arie Esiri, Theresa Park for Per Capita Productions, and Nicholas Weinstock for Invention Studios.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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