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1
as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages
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2
as in to surround
to form a circle around
in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend
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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view
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Recent Examples of enclose
Fold in sides of tortilla to enclose filling, and roll tightly over filling.
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Mrs. B. P. Myers,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
Type 2 lounges must be fully enclosed indoors, sound proofed and have an advanced HVAC system to limit smoke leakage and prevent odor.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Native palms and trees are drawn to the property’s edge, forming a living barrier that encloses without isolating.
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Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
In this example from landscape design company A Blade of Grass, the varied shades of gray are arranged at random and beautifully enclosed by lush, leafy foliage.
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Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
23 June 2026
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Mrs. B. P. Myers,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
Type 2 lounges must be fully enclosed indoors, sound proofed and have an advanced HVAC system to limit smoke leakage and prevent odor.
—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Native palms and trees are drawn to the property’s edge, forming a living barrier that encloses without isolating.
—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
In this example from landscape design company A Blade of Grass, the varied shades of gray are arranged at random and beautifully enclosed by lush, leafy foliage.
—
Blythe Copeland,
Martha Stewart,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for enclose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enclose
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The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
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The Loews Kansas City houses 1587 Prime, the steakhouse co-owned by football celebs Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
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Plantation police said the circumstances surrounding the child's death remain under investigation.
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Officials did not initially identify Ortiz Canseco on Thursday or disclose the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, saying his family needed to be notified first.
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The series just wrapped shooting in Barcelona and moves on to Amsterdam.
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The singer's last headlining trek was the Sweetener World Tour, which wrapped in 2019 after more than 100 performances worldwide.
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Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above.
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So the researchers encased these proteins and other large materials in a different membrane and then fed those to the SpudCells.
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While most people enjoy eating the arils after separating them from the bitter white membrane that encircle them, other parts of the fruit can also be used to make juice or extracts.
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The island had gone from farm and pasture in the nineteenth century to nature preserves and residential property in the twentieth, its silvery shingled homes encircled by forests and deer.
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From downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley, tens of thousands were enveloped in unhealthful levels of smoke, even as some local officials told residents that the air posed no danger.
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The One&Only’s prime location in the V&A Waterfront offers the best of both worlds - close enough to all the attractions of the Waterfront as well as the city, but still envelops you in a blissful bubble of privacy like only a resort hotel can.
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Traditional entertainment journalists, however, were largely confined to public events and lacked similar direct access, underscoring a significant shift in how studios engage with media and promote their content.
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And for the second straight day, those winners were confined to the two Fantasy 5 drawings.
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The complex, shrouded in mystery, is at least 2,3000 acres and has garnered controversy for being located on a native burial site, Wired reported last year.
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Dark web markets are shrouded in secrecy, but admins of dark web marketplaces have been identified by law enforcement and arrested before.
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“Enclose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enclose. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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