1
: having or controlled by a gate
a gated entrance
2
: designed to restrict entrance usually by means of physical barriers, a private security force, and a controlled gate
gated communities
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Maxine is the wife of Maxie Dean, Charles Deetz’s boss who is trying to turn the neighborhood into a gated community.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Located in the exclusive, gated community of Laughlin Park, the home is surrounded by the residences of Hollywood A-listers, both past and present.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
As the project took shape, Arden kept seeing parallels between Siegel’s pampered lifestyle in a gated community in Florida and the rise of a new class of billionaires and tech bros, whose wealth has given them unprecedented power and influence in the Trump era.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Among the company’s holdings is the mammoth Boa Vista Complex, a gated community roughly the size of Manhattan.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Located in the exclusive, gated community of Laughlin Park, the home is surrounded by the residences of Hollywood A-listers, both past and present.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
As the project took shape, Arden kept seeing parallels between Siegel’s pampered lifestyle in a gated community in Florida and the rise of a new class of billionaires and tech bros, whose wealth has given them unprecedented power and influence in the Trump era.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Among the company’s holdings is the mammoth Boa Vista Complex, a gated community roughly the size of Manhattan.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Gated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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